"Seek first the kingdom of God, and then trust that He will take care of our needs, even before we know what they are and where we're going."

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Kevin DeYoung

#Needs Quotes #Care Quotes #Kingdoms Quotes

“The British bombing of Caen beginning on D-Day in particular was stupid, counter-productive and above all very close to a war crime.”

Source : "Antony Beevor says D-Day bombing 'close to a war crime'" by Jamie Doward, www.theguardian.com. May 23, 2009.
“It is not possible to be truly balanced in one's views of an abuser and an abused woman. As Dr. Judith Herman explains eloquently in her masterwork Trauma and Recovery, â€œneutralityâ€ actually serves the interests of the perpetrator much more than those of the victim and so is not neutral. Although an abuser prefers to have you wholeheartedly on his side, he will settle contentedly for your decision to take a middle stance. To him, that means you see the couple's problems as partly her fault and partly his fault, which means it isn't abuse.”

Source : Lundy Bancroft (2003). “Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men”, p.287, Penguin
“Folk is bare bones music.”
“Somebody at one of these places asked me: "What do you do? How do you write, create?" You don't, I told them. You "don't try". That's very important: not to try, either for Cadillacs, creation or immortality. You wait, and if nothing happens, you wait some more. It's like a bug high on the wall. You wait for it to come to you. When it gets close enough you reach out, slap out and kill it. Or if you like it's looks, you make a pet out of it.”
“If I leave this Earth, I want to leave this Earth just knowing I've tried to give something back and tried to do something worthwhile with myself.”

Source : "Film heartthrob Patrick Swayze dies of cancer at 57". edition.cnn.com. September 15, 2009.
“Do you think there is any chance the Lord would have inspired his prophets to prophesy about us, only to then take a chance on the outcome of the latter days by sending men and women he couldn't count on? There is no chance - zero chance - He would have done that.”
“Creativity is the power to connect the seemingly unconnected.”
“Writing music is like tasting the sky. It keeps me dreaming in color.”

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