... moments when God’s work or God’s presence is obscure to us, that we sincerely search for Him. That’s when we walk by faith not by sight. If God answered our every prayer in our manner and in our time, if God acted in ways that were perfectly reasonable and accommodating to our wants and wishes, we would never need to exercise faith. We would never need to quiet the noise within us and listen for His voice. We would seek His blessings and gifts, but never seek Him. It is when God withholds Himself from ...
... Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.” If you are still searching for meaning and purpose in your life, then know that you can find all these things in knowing the Father who knows you, who speaks your language, and who has a perfect plan for your life. Then for the first time in your life you will be able to say with great happiness, “Enough.” 1. “15 Real-Life Hidden Treasures That Haven’t Been Found Yet” by Lauren Cahn, Reader's Digest, https://www.rd.com/true-stories/hidden ...
... walked on water or that Peter took at least a few baby steps on the Sea of Galilee. The important thing to notice is that Peter got out of the boat in the first place. Peter trying to walk on water is a perfect image of what it means to become a follower of Christ. It’s the perfect image of what it means to commit your life to him. Notice that all the disciples were in the boat, but only Peter took that step of faith to go to Jesus. I’m really glad to see all of you in church ...
... ’t know how much planning you put into your vacation. Some people like to go to the same places every year. Some people like to pack up and head out for a weekend, just to clear their heads. And some people spend hours, even weeks, obsessing over the perfect trip. But we all share one thing in common: we come home from vacation worn out and needing a few days to recover from our time off. Of course, a few of us can’t plan a normal vacation. Recently I read about a fascinating travel company called Black ...
To an engineer, good enough means perfect. With an artist, there's no such thing as perfect.
I should esteem it the extreme of imprudence to prolong the precarious state of our national affairs, and to expose the union to the jeopardy of successive experiments, in the chimerical pursuit of a perfect plan. I never expect to see a perfect work from imperfect man. The result of the deliberations of all collective bodies must necessarily be a compound as well of the errors and prejudices, as of the good sense and wisdom of the individuals of whom they are composed.
Although images of perfection in people's personal lives can cause unhappiness, images of perfect societies - utopian images - can cause monstrous evil. In fact, forcefully changing society to conform to societal images was the greatest cause of evil in the twentieth century.
Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.