Leap Year (2010)

Declan: Jesus Christ!
Anna: ...is Lord.

Bride: May you never steal, lie, or cheat, but if you must steal, then steal away my sorrows, and if you must lie, lie with me all the days of my life, and if you must cheat, then please cheat death because I couldn't live a day without you. Cheers!

The Ultimate Marriage Cure

"But it was not this way from the beginning," Jesus reminds us. A stubborn and hardened heart is never God's design for a husband and wife-it never has been and never will be. It is in this passage we find the basis for what we call The Marriage Miracle: If two hardened hearts will destroy a marriage, then two softened hearts will heal a marriage.

Stop and consider this question: Is there any hurt, disappointment,violation, abuse, broken promise, or betrayal in a marriage that two softened hearts ultimately cannot heal? As we observed earlier, when two people soften their hearts toward each other, it becomes only a matter of when, not if, the two spouses will reconcile.
Think back on your own experience in marriage or in other relationships.Perhaps you found yourself alienated or estranged from someone who used to be a close friend. One or both of your hearts had hardened toward the other. If that person is once again a close friend, isn't it because the two of you chose to soften your hearts toward each other?
If each partner connects with their spouse's heart-maybe for the very first time in their marriage-there is no issue that cannot be resolved. That's why our primary attitude toward divorce is that it's so unnecessary. God has a plan that is so much better, and it doesn't require court costs, legal fees, or dividing up property. It may requirea couple to do the hard work of seeking biblical counseling and other resources to restore their marriage, but once two hearts are softened, it's only a matter of time until reconciliation occurs.

by Bob and Cheryl Moeller

Feeling Loved

“I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ,”Ephesians 3:16-18, NIVSomeone commented recently that we receive God’s love through faith, just as we receive other good things by faith. I pondered that thought and wondered if it was biblical. Is love something that we receive by faith? Or is it mainly an emotion and an experience, such as “I felt God’s love today”? In many important ways love is not a feeling at all, but it’s something a person does. If you love someone you act in certain ways, regardless of feelings. I can love another person by my actions, even if my feelings are frozen or distressed. Love isn’t dependent on feelings. I can choose to love you even if you act in ways I don’t like. Love is choosing to be patient. Love is choosing to persevere, to hope and to trust (1 Corinthians 13:4-7). Love keeps no record of wrongs. What a challenge that can be! Jesus also told us that if our brother sins against us we should speak to him about it, and take others along if he will not listen. So we’re not to ignore wrongs or allow people to go on sinning without challenging them. But we mustn’t hold grudges or keep repeating stories of how someone sinned against us.God still loves us, even when we don’t feel it. Of course, God doesn’t suffer from frozen emotions like we do. He feels huge emotions when He thinks of you! Wonderful, warm, welcoming emotions! Zephaniah 3:17 says: ‘He will take great delight in you. He will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing’.Prayer: Heavenly Father, thank You for loving me. I choose to believe it in Jesus’ name, Amen

Edgar A. Guest

A friend is one who stands to share
your every touch of grief and care.
He comes by chance, but stays by choice
Your praises he is quick to voice.
No grievous fault or passing whim
can make an enemy of him.
And though your need be great or small,
His strenght is yours through it all.
No matter where your path may turn
Your welfare is his chief concern.
No matter what your dream may be
He prays your triumph soon to see.

Idézetek

"Alkotni annyi mint titkot megosztani". Dobos László

"Fill your paper with the breathing of your heart." William Wordsworth

"Jézus mindig elszúrta a temetéseket, mert mindig feltámaszotta az elhúnytat". Steiner József

Páratlan helyzet, Gini Andrews

Mennyi súlyt bír egy emberi kapcsolat elhordozni?
Az a veszély fenyeget, hogy tönkretesszük az egész épitményt és sikerül elérnünk, hogy egy ember úgy érezze magát, csapdába szorították, semmit sem ér és kudarcot vallott, mivel azt akartuk, hogy töltse be szívünk összes vágyát.
Akkor most így megyünk tovább, ezzel a belső ürességgel, a titkos magánnyal, a hiánnyal ami felébreszt minket éjszakánként, és belül iriggyé tesz, mikor látunk valakit, akinek megvan az, amit mi is szeretnénk?
Van korlátlan szeretet. Szeretet, amely mindig jelen van, mindig a tied, mindig teljesen megért és elfogad téged, de ez csak isteni szinten létezik, és soha nem az emberin. Isten meg akar ajándékozni vele, de soha nem fogja rád erőszakolni. Úgy mint teremtményei, Ő is arra vár, hogy keressék.
Ez azt jelenti, hogy nincs szükségünk emberi társaságra, emberi szeretetre, házasságra? Természetesen nem. De azt hiszem, Ő néha vár, míg megtapasztaljuk azt a tátongó ürességet önmagunkban (mely jóval nagyobb annál, hogy bármely pusztán emberi lény betölthesse), mielőtt megengedi, hogy figyelmünk elterelődjön a fő kérésről azáltal, hogy kisebb szükségeinket kielégíti.
Ez a legnagyobb dolog amit az élet ajánlhat. Egy mélységsen személyes, napról napra, óráról órára tartó szeretetkapcsolat az élő Istennel, és ez nyitott lehetőség előtted éppúgy mint házasságban élő testvéreid előtt. Minden ami szép az életben ezt emeli ki, de ezt semmi sem pótolja.

Prince Caspian

Aslan: Rise, kings and queens of Narnia.
Aslan: All of you.
Prince Caspian: I do not think I am ready.
Aslan: It is for that very reason, that I know you are.