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24 Hours Without Smell or Taste
It was just a stuffed nose. Not even the worst I ever had, as I didn’t yet have to resort to breathing through my mouth. I should have known something was wrong when I couldn’t smell the Chinese herbal medicine I was brewing. I thought, “Maybe it’s just a mild-smelling tea.” I should have known … Continue reading
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There is no guidebook out there that tells you how to transition from university life to real adulthood and the responsibilities that come with it. I feel like I’ve been stumbling along, feeling things out, slowly learning “real life” lessons. This article is such a great read because it’s essentially the low down on starting … Continue reading
… part 1? I recently spent nearly 3 weeks on a whirlwind tour through Egypt, Jordan and Israel, and am still processing everything I saw and learned (ancient Egyptian history crash course while marveling at the ruins of the temples, tombs and pyramids? Check.). Not to mention STILL going through the 11 250 pictures I took… talk about trigger … Continue reading
All masks and facades that are put on daily to face the world are burned away. Left naked, I am exposed before a God who sees my essence, my very being. Everything is laid bare, there is nowhere to hide. I cannot do anything except cover my face and make myself as small as possible … Continue reading
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- “Ah, souls! When you shall lie upon a dying bed, and stand before a judgment seat, sin shall be unmasked, and its dress and robes shall then be taken off, then it shall appear more vile, filthy, and terrible than hell itself; then, that which formerly appeared most sweet will appear most bitter, and that which appeared most beautiful will appear most ugly, and that which appeared most delightful will then appear most dreadful to the soul. Ah, the shame, the pain, the gall, the bitterness, the horror, the hell that the sight of sin, when its dress is taken off, will raise in poor souls! Sin will surely prove evil and bitter to the soul when its robes are taken off.” - Thomas Brooks, a Puritan preacher in the 1600s
- The first commandment, to love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, and mind is first because without that understanding of God's love, you cannot carry out the second commandment, to love your neighbour as yourself. - Dan, guest speaker at Faith Baptist Whitby
- "If you are not prepared to be wrong you will never come up with anything original." - Sir Ken Robinson
- "If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten." - Anthony Robbins
- "Try to learn something about everything and everything about something." - Thomas Henry Huxley
- "There is for all of us a pool of Siloam, a place called Sent, a journey we are called to where things become more uncertain before they become clear, where our need for faith in God increases with every step rather than diminishes. This journey requires absolute certainty in the goodness of God while at the same time we relinquish our demand to know the details." - Erwin McManus So true... and so hard to follow.
