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when enough gathers, you have to fall somewhere

Entries Tagged ‘Joy’

The Other Side of Happiness

Dec.02, 2008 in A Long Obedience, Ideas, Life, Readings Comments

No, I’m not talking about sadness :)
John Calvin, preaching to his congregation in Geneva, Switzerland, pointed out that we must develop better and deeper concepts of happiness than those held by the world, which makes a happy life to consist on “ease, honours, and great wealth”  Too much of the world’s happiness depends on taking [...]

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Eugene Peterson on Joy

Nov.03, 2008 in A Long Obedience, Readings Comments

“Joy is not a requirement of Christian discipleship, it is a consequence.”
Eugene Peterson - p.96, A Long Obedience in the Same Direction
Those who I look up to are always joyful.  Even with the greeting in passing, their joy is contagious.  That is something I wish I could give to people, a contagious joy.  It is [...]

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As life walks through me, people and experiences deposit thoughts and ideas at my mind’s doorstep, much like the condensation left on blades of grass early each morning. When enough gathers, the water trickles down to help nourish the roots, just as God has used people and experiences to mold me into who I am today. This website shadows those lines, and though in reality it might become just a record of the drops of water in my life, I pray that what I share will perhaps become drops of water in your life as well.

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