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spiritualinspiration: “I’m God’s masterpiece. I’m wonderfully made. I’m talented. I’m original. God has given me everything that I need.” That’s what David was saying in Psalm 139. He praised God for making him in an amazing way and declared that what God had done was wonderful. Is that how you started your day? Most people think they are being humble by putting themselves down. They say, “Oh, I’m not that talented. It was no big deal.” But really, we should be bold like David and say, “I’m amazing. I’m a masterpiece. God made me and He doesn’t make junk! I am equipped, I am empowered, and I am amazing!” Today, make the decision to stop putting yourself down; stop focusing on your flaws and comparing yourself to others. Your Creator says “you are a masterpiece.” It’s time to get in agreement with God and realize how much He loves you. It’s time to realize how special you are. Make the shift by changing your words and start by saying what David said!

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“I’m God’s masterpiece. I’m wonderfully made. I’m talented. I’m original. God has given me everything that I need.” That’s what David was saying in Psalm 139. He praised God for making him in an amazing way and declared that what God had done was wonderful. Is that how you started your day?

Most people think they are being humble by putting themselves down. They say, “Oh, I’m not that talented. It was no big deal.” But really, we should be bold like David and say, “I’m amazing. I’m a masterpiece. God made me and He doesn’t make junk! I am equipped, I am empowered, and I am amazing!”

Today, make the decision to stop putting yourself down; stop focusing on your flaws and comparing yourself to others. Your Creator says “you are a masterpiece.” It’s time to get in agreement with God and realize how much He loves you. It’s time to realize how special you are. Make the shift by changing your words and start by saying what David said!

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"God has come to lead us out of ourselves into Himself, and to take us from the ordinary into the extraordinary, from the human into the divine, and make us after the image of His Son. Oh, what a Savior! It is written, “Now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is” (1 John 3:2). But even now, the Lord wants to transform us from glory to glory, by the Spirit of the living God. Have faith in God, have faith in the Son, have faith in the Holy Spirit; and the Triune God will work in you, working in you to will and to do all the good pleasure of His will."

— Smith Wigglesworth, A Sermon on Faith (via thethingsyouwere)

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"If a woman marries a man, she’s trusting him with the rest of her life that he won’t hit her, cheat on her, that he’ll work hard, that he’ll pay the bills, that he’ll love their children, that he’ll finish the race well, that he’ll walk with Jesus ‘til the end, that if she gets sick, he’ll look after her, that if she is dying, he will be faithful to her. Gentlemen, it is a terrifying thing for a woman to trust a sinful man."

— It’s a Mark Driscoll kind of night. (via sketchmedesire)

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I’m putting on my spiritual armor, and I am ready to fight this fight.

There is so much going on in my little world right now, and it’s so overwhelming. I don’t want to be one of those people who always blames bad things or uncomfortable things in my life on spiritual attacks, but I kind of feel like that’s what is happening right now. Over the past year or so, I have made the decision to completely pursue the path that God has planned for my life, no questions asked. To trust Him with everything. And at first, life was great. I felt like I could see a clear path for my life. I was doing alright in school. I felt like I was getting everything figured out. My family was doing SO WELL. I was making enough money to put a good bit away every week. I found a wonderful boyfriend, who is seriously everything I’ve prayed for my whole life. I also got the internship at church, which I had been praying about for a while, too.

For a moment, life felt almost perfect. 

And then in the blink of an eye, it all started to crumble.

First, my grades started slipping. And slipping. And slipping until they slipped so far into the gutter that they just… *POOF*

Then, I lost my job. All of a sudden, I was having to make everything work on about 25% of what I had before. (I got another job and I make a little bit more, but not even close to what I was making before. I can barely afford to put gas in my car each week.)

And then my sister… where do I even start? (Seriously. I don’t know where to start. But it’s BAD. Scary bad.)

And now there’s this whole thing with David on top of everything else. 

The only thing that makes me feel like I might still have it together, even just a little bit, is this internship. It’s a lot of work and sometimes I don’t want to do it and I complain, but I don’t know where I’d be right now without it.

Life is rough, but I am blessed. I know that. And I’ll be okay because even if everything does completely crumble before my eyes, I know that I will always have my God, and He will always work all things together for my good. All things on this earth shall whither and die, but He alone is eternal. He is preparing a kingdom for me in Heaven, and He is good. He is so, so good. 

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wotcher-doctor: alwaysvotesaxon: squeetown: Jason Isaacs: I remember my very first day, I improvised a line. I had my first day, probably my first shot, I had to kind of flounce out of a room when Dumbledore, played by the late, great Richard Harris, put me in my place, and there was no line written, no exit line. And I’d been humiliated, and my plan had come to nothing. And I said to Chris Columbus, “Don’t you think there should be a line?” And he said, “Well, say something. Say whatever you like.” So we did another take, and I hadn’t told anyone what I was going to do. And as I turned to leave, I looked at Daniel, and I said, “Let us hope Mr. Potter will always be around to save the day.” And then Daniel, who was all of 12, stepped right up to me, looked me right in the eye, and said “Don’t worry. I will be.” A chill went down my spine. And as he did it, I thought, “Christ, this kid is good.” This is the part in the Harry Potter issue of Entertainment Weekly, when Jason tells this story, that I started to cry. One of the most iconic lines in the whole of the series was improvised. By a 12-year-old boy.

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Jason Isaacs: I remember my very first day, I improvised a line. I had my first day, probably my first shot, I had to kind of flounce out of a room when Dumbledore, played by the late, great Richard Harris, put me in my place, and there was no line written, no exit line. And I’d been humiliated, and my plan had come to nothing. And I said to Chris Columbus, “Don’t you think there should be a line?” And he said, “Well, say something. Say whatever you like.” So we did another take, and I hadn’t told anyone what I was going to do. And as I turned to leave, I looked at Daniel, and I said, “Let us hope Mr. Potter will always be around to save the day.” And then Daniel, who was all of 12, stepped right up to me, looked me right in the eye, and said “Don’t worry. I will be.” A chill went down my spine. And as he did it, I thought, “Christ, this kid is good.”

This is the part in the Harry Potter issue of Entertainment Weekly, when Jason tells this story, that I started to cry.

One of the most iconic lines in the whole of the series was improvised. By a 12-year-old boy.

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"So you plant your own garden and
decorate your own soul, instead of waiting
for someone to bring you flowers."

— Jorge Luis Borges (via Swanfeather Songs)

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“If we are to be aware of life while we are living it, we must have the courage to relinquish our hard-earned control of ourselves.” -Madeleine L’Engle, Walking on Water 

Okay, God. Okay. 

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"Beloved, our great and pressing need today is to give ourselves to waiting upon God, because waiting time is never wasted time."

— Ian Hamilton  (via godmoves)

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Selflessly making decisions is HARD.
Watching the suffering of the ones you love is HARD.
Feeling helpless is HARD.
Basically, life is HARD.

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