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I want to know what you do … .
I’ve always been conscientious about remaining “unstained by the world”. I have sheltered myself, unnecessarily at times, from situations or people I felt would tempt me to do wrong. Much of that at one time was out of fear — fear of getting in trouble somehow. Now, I fear less, but must still work carefully to remain unstained.
James says, “Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.” (James 1:27).
Many individuals are good about providing for orphans, widows, and others who are afflicted, who cannot provide for themselves. However, we as a species are not good about remaining “unstained”. I want to know what you do to remain “unstained”. Or, is remaining pure difficult for you? How do you measure “unstained”? What do you think is unnecessary or “overboard” when keeping oneself “unstained”?
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Notes"To the drunks, the addicts, the perverts, the victims, the porn stars, the prostitutes, the adulterers, theives, the obese gluttons who think a waste is a terrible thing to mind, the Twilight fans, the murderers, the mommy’s boys, the losers, the freaks, the geeks, people who think wrestling is real, red necks, guys who own action figures, chain smokers, everyone who does not use a turn signal while texting and talking on the phone in their car, men who live with their mothers, women who get paid in dollar bills, dudes in dresses (seen it at Mars Hill), democrats, republicans, the guys at the gym who walk around the locker room naked singing Bon Jovi’s Living on a Prayer, mormons and anyone else who wears sacred under breeches, whoever is responsible for the creation and ongoing sale of men’s Lycra biking shorts… yoga instructors, witches, pot heads, meat heads, crack heads, dead heads and meth heads… people who don’t recycle, the rainbow-loving tree-hugging … lefters, and religious people who do not know what I am talking about because these subjects were not on The Little House on the Prairie or covered in their Home School co-op — I have good news for you: Jesus loves you. You’ll fit right in. And because He died for your sins, you get to repent."Mark Driscoll, Jesus Loves Sinners (via chelsatonic)
Oh God, this is gorgeous.
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(Source: whenthewoodisgreen, via fredsgotslacks)
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Notes"The glory of the Gospel is that when the Church is absolutely different from the world, she invariably attracts it."Dr. Martyn Lloyd Jones (via kelseyfindingbeauty)
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Enough: Or, why we should all be laughing hysterically in the magazine aisle
A breath of fresh air for ALL women.
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Notes Ten Places to buy Modest SwimsuitsBeing comfortable in your swimsuit will enable you to have the most fun on your vacation, so find one that you are the most comfortable waring. Here is a list of ten places to find a modest bathing suit this season.
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Notes Made Perfect Forever: Why God Doesn't Want You to Feel GuiltyCheck out the May issue of Virtuous Magazine. I wrote the article “Made Perfect Forever” to answer some questions I’d received about how to overcome guilt. Turns out, there’s not a lot of guilt in the Bible—not the kind we often feel, anyway.
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London (my four year old) tells Justin he is “the best daddy in the world.” A lot. Like two or three or four times a day.
Adorable.
A few nights ago he asked her what she meant. He asked, “What does it take to be the best daddy in the world?” (He asks such good questions)
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