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I tell of hearts and souls and dances... Butterflies and second chances; Desperate ones and dreamers bound, Seeking life from barren ground, Who suffer on in earthly fate The bitter pain of agony hate, Might but they stop and here forgive Would break the bonds to breathe and live And find that God in goodness brings A chance for change, the hope of wings To rest in Him, and self to die And so become a butterfly.
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Real love never fails.
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The next time that boy pursues you, he better do it like a dying man looking for water in a desert. When it's the right guy, you'll know, because he'll cherish you.
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Life is too short for half-hearted connections and meaningless run-throughs.
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Love happens when people forgive.
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The truth was this: Love is a decision.
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You can't base your decisions on anyone's opinion but yours and God's.
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sunshine is just beyond the clouds" Carl Joesph Gunner"
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But the Beast was a good person...the Prince looked on the outside the way the Beast was on the inside. Sometimes people couldn't see the inside of the person unless they like the outside of a person. Because they hadn't learned to hear the music yet.
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God stays awake all the time. In case we need to talk to Him about something.
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This last year... I learned something about family. Like it's not about blood alone. It's being connected... it's growing up together and loving each other. It's believing in the same God and knowing you'd do anything for the person across from you at dinner.
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Life is too short to be anything but real with the cast of characters God has placed in the story of your life. Love well, laugh often, and find your life in Christ. Don't hide away or be a follower. Be the wonderful unique person God made you to be, and know that your purpose will always be best when defined by your faith in him
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Perfect love drives out fear
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It's never too late with truth. It stands outside time.
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Forgiveness makes you feel better. As soon as you forgive, you're free.
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New steps. That's what it amounted to. The two of them were learning the steps that would bring them together, a dance that would take them into forever. A dance that could be nothing less than God's plan for their lives.
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Pray on all occasions." Unlocked page 38."
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He called it The Bridge because that was how felt about books. They connected the past and the present, the present and the future. Books brought people together and gave them a path to worlds they would not otherwise experience.
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As long as he was breathing, God's greatest task for him was not yet finished. His highest purpose in life was still unfulfilled. ... God still had plans for him.
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Her eyes held an endless kind of love for him.
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My parents used to say faith wasn't something you could pretend about. It wasn't real unless it looked like faith and acted like faith.
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Because love was a light that wouldn't allow darkness to reign in his soul.
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They'd had fun, for sure. They laughed and enjoyed being together. But if she was painfully honest with herself, something was missing. Something in the way Tim looked at her. She remembered her mom's word. "I saw the way he looked at you...he adores you." Maybe that was it. Tim looked at her on a surface level. He smiled and seemed happy to see her. But When Cody looked at her, there were no layers left, nothing her didn't reveal, nothing ..
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A verse came to mind, one that has comforted Kari before. It was the shortest verse in the Bible: Jesus wept. If he cried over Jerusalem, if he cried over the death of Lazarus, surely he was crying now over the death of her dreams, the death of her marriage.
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You don't love someone you lie to. And you don't lie to someone you love.
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I've never loved like this. Never known what love was until I met you. But the fear of losing you doesn't make me run the other way. It makes me run toward you ... and I'll keep running. I'll fight for you until you tell me to stop. Love always involves fear. There are no guarantees about tomorrow for any of us. But in the meantime, while we're waiting for answers ... while we're wondering what's at the end of the road ... I want to walk it..
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The way of a fool seems right to him, but a wise man listens to advice.
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The message of Christ's love is found in Isaiah, chapter sixty-one," the man was saying. "God himself will restore the crumbling foundations of your life. He will give you beauty for ashes. He'll provide redemption, no matter who you are, where you are. . . ."
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More tears rushed from the depths of her tortured soul. ... The losses piled up.
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Nothing could be gained by worrying and dreading the future, borrowing tomorrow's pain for today.
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John felt grounded again. He remembered his favorite Bible story, the one about Peter getting out of the boat and walking on water. The big fisherman was walking along quite nicely until he looked at the waves and began to sink. As much as possible, John tried to live his life without looking at the waves. But when he did, when the lives of his grown children caused his faith to waver even a little, God always sent someone to illustrate the..
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Relationships take work. Hours and days and years of getting close to that person. That's real love, real intimacy. If your mind to believe that the work isn't important, you'll not only be going against every plan God has for your life... you'll lose out on a chance to experience the greatest gift He's given us. The gift of true love.
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We must remember how to love, remember what's important, and remember God's truth as it applies to our relationships.
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Her heart was talking now...
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Love is not possible without sacrifice, and sacrifice is not possible without love.
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The Flanigan family had a love that could laugh through anything, a love that knew no color barriers or resentment.
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It was one thing to pray for a Christmas miracle, to believe in one. It was something else entirely to see it happen before their eyes.
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Like a constant assurance Bailey carried with her, God remained. All things might change. Love could come and go and friendships could fade. But God stayed. It was the truth that kept her company on the loneliest nights.
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Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in life, in love, in faith, and in purity ... Be diligent in these matters; give yourself wholly to them, so that everyone may see your progress.
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Some days are just harder than others.
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God will give you strength. He can give you the strength to walk away from anything bad, no matter how trapped you feel.
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If you and someone you love have a difference of opinion on something, maybe its beset to let it stay that way. Respect each other's right to believe what you believe. Respect each other. Agree to disagree.
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Sometimes, life is so hard you can only do the next thing. Whatever that is, just do the next thing. God will meet you there.
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Christmas miracles happen to those who believe
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