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This is the cutest shit I have ever seen in my whole dang life.

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If you cannot appropriately replace his name with “love is patient, love is kind…” then he is not worth your time. He will either focus on getting you to Heaven or getting your clothes off. If you are convinced that the latter is true, run. You are firstly a soul and secondly a body, and if he really loved you he would wait with patience to connect to the second component of your being. You are sustained by your Creator, not His creation. Therefore no one will complete you; only compliment you. When a woman is truly loved her light shines brighter than before. If you feel suppressed, if he doesn’t remind you of your radiance and invite you to flourish, then what are you doing with him? You are a child of God. A boy should have introduced himself to both your Heavenly Father and your earthly father before winning your affections. Don’t make the same mistakes I did, baby girl.

Advice To My Little Sister// Godly Dating (via hischild-apoem)

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When we make the choice to wait on the Lord, we are saying “yes” to the plan that He has for us and “no” to the things we try to put together ourselves. ⠀ God’s way is perfect. All the Lord’s promises prove true. He is a shield for all who look to him for protection. -Psalm‬ ‭18:30‬ ⠀ In Him, everything that is supposed to happen will happen. Everyone we are supposed to meet, we will meet. Everywhere we are supposed to go we will go. He makes no mistakes. He doesn’t forget to protect you from things. He doesn’t forget to provide you with what was meant for you. So why not wait on Him if He knows everything you need? Why not say goodbye to those things that haven’t worked out (even if it still hurts) and lay them at the feet of Jesus and let Him give you rest? ⠀ And here’s the thing: waiting on the Lord doesn’t just mean waiting around, and settling doesn’t just apply to dating. “Settle” means to “sit or come to rest in a comfortable position,” and that’s not the kind of life God wants us to live. He doesn’t want us sit around and wait for things to happen. He wants us to get up, get out, and go make the most of the life He has given us. ⠀ So don’t settle for less. Wait on the Lord, but don’t wait around, not do anything with your life. Every breath you breathe is a gift from God, so make the most of them. And one day you will wake up and be so glad you chose to wait on the Lord instead of waiting on this world. He has so much more in store and it’s worth it to be excited to wait and see. ⠀ Written by @morganhnichols for #TheDevoCo

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Pink’s speech after receiving the Video Vanguard Award at the 2017 VMAs x

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Abba, I belong to You.

(via timeforsurrender)

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“BECKEH!!”

This is why Mophie is my favorite hahaha.

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this man made his own version of the lion king with his new born. and is…. is that…. coconut oil he rubbed on her forehead. I’m done!!!

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One day, I want to love my husband in a way that even a blind man could see my love. I want to give him hope when he sees none. I want to be his strength when he is weak. I want to be his bravery when he is fearful. I want to be his confidence when he is discouraged. I want to be his comfort when there is something unpleasant. I want to be his faith when he is doubting. I want to be his prayer when he is without speech. I want to be his wife in a way that he will never feel unloved or not capable of anything.

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“God is too good to be unkind and He is too wise to be mistaken. And when we cannot trace His hand, we must trust His heart.”

- Charles Spurgeon (via idesirejesus)

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Prayer should be the natural outflow of the soul: you should pray because you must pray, not because the set time for praying has arrived, but because your heart must cry unto your Lord.

Charles Spurgeon (via risinghopeandstrength)

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There is no doubt that it is by praying that we learn to pray, and that the more we pray, the better our prayers will be. People who pray in spurts are never likely to attain the kind of prayer described in the Scriptures as ‘powerful and effective’ (James 5:16).

Charles Spurgeon (via craigtowens)

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Visit many good books, but live in the Bible.

Charles Spurgeon (via jesusislovej)

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There are days or weeks or even months when I read the Bible and there are no grand epiphanies. There are whole seasons of Sundays when I sing praise and feel nothing. There are times of prayer where the silence kills me. There are great Christian books and podcasts that I eat up which don’t budge my spiritual life. There are too many times when I doubt the very existence of God and the sending of His Son. It can all feel like a crazy lie. I’m probably being too honest — but I’ve found that I’m not the only one who feels this way. It’s in those times that I ask myself, “Am I out of love with God somehow? Am I losing my faith here? How do I get back to where I used to be?” But I keep reading my Bible. I keep singing on Sundays. I keep praying. I soak in books and sermons. I serve. I enjoy the company of mature Christians. I enjoy the fellowship of the broken. And you know what? Sometimes the clouds part and God comes through and His love squeezes my heart and I fall to my knees remembering how good He is. Then I read Scripture and can’t stop weeping and I turn on Christian songs in my car full blast and sing loud enough to scare the traffic. I serve with shaking hands and get convicted by those sermons and soak in God’s goodness all over again. So I’ve learned over time: I wasn’t really out of love with God. I’m just a fragile human being who changes as much as the weather. I was setting a ridiculous standard for myself that can’t be defined by self-pressuring parameters. I was tricked by the enemy into judging my flesh. My faith is based on His grace and not my feelings. And I think I need to relax.

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Oh.

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