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(via imgTumble)The next time you feel like God can’t use you,
just remember………..Noah was a drunk
Abraham was too old
Isaac was a daydreamer
Jacob was a liar
Leah was ugly
Joseph was abused
Moses had a stuttering problem
Gideon was afraid
Samson had long hair and was a womanizer
Rahab was a prostitute
Jeremiah and Timothy were too young
David had an affair and was a murderer
Elijah was suicidal
Isaiah preached naked
Jonah ran from God
Naomi was a widow
Job went bankrupt
John the Baptist ate bugs
Peter denied Christ
The Disciples fell asleep while praying
Martha worried about everything
The Samaritan woman was divorced, more than once
Zaccheus was too small
Paul was too religious
Timothy had an ulcer
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Lazarus was dead!Now, no more excuses.
God can use you to your full potential.
Besides you aren’t the message,
You are just the messenger.(via christianstrong)
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If I’m claiming the title of “christian”, how can I lose sight of Jesus so often? Why am I choosing to live life in defeat?
Time for some self-evaluation. I’m going to work towards identifying what causes me to become selfish, and negative, and get it out of my life. I can’t be living in defeat. There’s no reason for that.
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Honestly,
I think I’m going to carry the “fat kid” complex for as long as I live. I hate opening up to people because it kills me to tell someone something that they’re not interested in hearing. I hate feeling disrespected, because honestly I don’t respect myself as it is already. And I hate annoying, or burdening people, because I’ve felt that I’ve done that since birth. Not only have I felt it, but I’ve been told by mother, and others in multiple situations that I was the cause of a problem. Somehow that’s stuck.
I’m not sure, but no matter what negative thing happens, the voice in my head defaults to saying, “You’re better off dead.” My “help” is not that helpful, and I’m not all that interesting. And those are the things that cause me pain to think about quite often.
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The world is changed by examples, not by opinions.
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Bad Advice…
People with an invisible illness often have to deal with suggestions and advice that imply they are not really sick, rather they just aren’t trying hard enough to get better. Sometimes people are genuinely trying to be helpful, but they don’t take the time to learn about the illness before giving their advice.
I thought I would post a comment exchange I had with a very condescending individual who had the cure to my incurable illness. I’m hoping if you read this, you will more carefully consider how you treat someone with an illness you can’t see.
Mr. Helpful’s “advice” is bolded…
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May 22, 2012
You can keep your sweet love songs,
You can rhyme empty words,
Repeat them, repeat them,
Yell louder, be heard.
I’d rather skip instant pleasure,
Control my heart with my mind,
Because greater is treasure,
That transcends earthly time.
Why would I settle for less?
For things that rust, and decay?
Forfeit my undeserved bounty,
For things that aren’t here to stay?
I know my flesh wants to settle,
But I won’t give up the fight,
To tame my cold, selfish spirit,
And reflect my God’s light.
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The quality of your life begins to improve the moment you acknowledge the positive, and take realistic steps to dealing with, and defeating the negative. Make the best of life, because it’s the only one you get.
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(via thefrogman)
