I need to be more concerned with Christ and him crucified than all the little intricacies. Sometimes (many times) I get to concerned with studying theology instead of living for the glory of God that I end up trying to dot all the i’s and cross every T and don’t serve him. Theology can very…
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I’m sitting here in a coffee shop fighting to hold back tears as I read the autobiography of Marilyn Monroe. It’s the story of a woman who was not loved as a child, one who was tossed around as an orphan through 9 different homes. One in which she was sexually abused by an older man. I had no idea. This story completely saddens my heart. No wonder she became America’s sex symbol and ended up overdosing on sleeping pills at age 36.
This reminds me that I have no business “judging a book by its cover”. The Marilyn Monroe’s of the world tend to be despised by the Christian community. Why? Because of their actions. Based solely on her actions, Marilyn was indeed a sex symbol and seen as a “siren”. However, when taking a deeper look, there is much brokenness & pain: “I never lived, I was never loved.”
This reminds me of two verses:
Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me. (Matthew 25:40)
Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneselfunstained from the world. (James 1:27)
As Christ-followers, we should be in prayer for the lost and seek to love & serve those who are in need of a Savior.
A reminder that we need to show grace in all cases.
Sidethought: beautiful women are destroyed by the world really quickly.
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I’m sitting here in a coffee shop fighting to hold back tears as I read the autobiography of Marilyn Monroe. It’s the story of a woman who was not loved as a child, one who was tossed around as an orphan through 9 different homes. One in which she was sexually abused by an older man. I had no idea. This story completely saddens my heart. No wonder she became America’s sex symbol and ended up overdosing on sleeping pills at age 36.
This reminds me that I have no business “judging a book by its cover”. The Marilyn Monroe’s of the world tend to be despised by the Christian community. Why? Because of their actions. Based solely on her actions, Marilyn was indeed a sex symbol and seen as a “siren”. However, when taking a deeper look, there is much brokenness & pain: “I never lived, I was never loved.”
This reminds me of two verses:
Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me. (Matthew 25:40)
Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneselfunstained from the world. (James 1:27)
As Christ-followers, we should be in prayer for the lost and seek to love & serve those who are in need of a Savior.
A reminder that we need to show grace in all cases.
Sidethought: beautiful women are destroyed by the world really quickly.
(Source: jamiekcurtis, via unknownchristian)
What is air. (Source: housewifeonhoth)
Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.
Romans 15:7 (via grace-isms)(via unknownchristian)
Worship… is a larger and more encompassing than singing some songs at a church service a couple of times a week. It is the way of life for those entranced by and passionate for the glory of God. We worship God when, while we partake of his good gifts, something occurs in the deepest parts of our soul that forbids glory terminating on the gift itself or on our enjoyment of it but that runs deeper into and extends out to the Giver.
Matt Chandler (The Explicit Gospel)(Source: denyandfollow, via unknownchristian)
Worship is the attributing of ultimate worth to something. When this ultimate worth is attributed to anyone or anything other than the one, true triune God of the universe, it is idolatry. The root of Christian worship, then, is acknowledging, submitting to, and enjoying the supremacy of God’s glory. In all things.
Matt Chandler (The Explicit Gospel)(Source: denyandfollow, via unknownchristian)
What the title means: It's pretty much my thoughts released under my own supervision. But as a point, thoughts are the captive, and I the maintainer, and I cannot be held accountable for their repercussions.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recognizance
