Prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.
Martin LutherRead
Nothing is more sweet than harmony in marriage, and nothing more distressing than dissension.
Interpretation
A harmonious marriage brings joy, while conflict leads to distress.
Martin Luther's quote emphasizes the significance of harmony in the marriage relationship. He suggests that a peaceful and loving union is one of life's greatest pleasures, while discord and conflict can cause deep distress and unhappiness, highlighting the importance of understanding and cooperation between partners.
In practice
Sharing this quote during a wedding toast to highlight the importance of harmony in the couple's life.
Prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.
Now if I believe in God's Son and remember that He became man, all creatures will appear a hundred times more beautiful to me than before. Then I will properly appreciate the sun, the moon, the stars, trees, apples, as I reflect that he is Lord over all things. ...God writes the Gospel, not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars.
It is the part of a Christian to take care of his own body for the very purpose that, by its soundness and wellbeing, he may be enabled to labour, and to acquire and preserve property, for the aid of those who are in want, that thus the stronger member may serve the weaker member, and we may be children of God, and busy for one another, bearing one another's burdens, and so fulfiling the law of Christ.
Reason is the greatest enemy that faith has; it never comes to the aid of spiritual things, but more frequently than not struggles against the divine Word, treating with contempt all that emanates from God.
We will win our freedom because the sacred heritage of our nation and the eternal will of God are embodied in our echoing demands.
In a mouse we admire God's creation and craft work. The same may be said about flies.
What we need to do is learn to respect and embrace our differences until our differences don't make a difference in how we are treated.
My own experience with being interviewed is mixed. I suppose they're a part of my job, and as I would like readers to connect with my books, I do them. I've also made many lifelong friends whom I first encountered as interviewers - as a writer, they're a terrific way to meet and add smart new people to one's life.
We don't want to promote any system that treats the fact that an individual is LGBT as a personality disorder. And anything that perpetuates that perception is harmful - not only to that member of the community but the entire community.
A million faces at my feet but all I see are dark eyes.
He has no enemies, but he is intensely disliked by his friends.
They talked so, with secret hearts, without needing words, talking of other things... They could have suddenly continued their confessions aloud, without ceasing to understand each other.
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