"We tend to be preoccupied by our problems when we have a heightened sense of vulnerability and a diminished sense of power. Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer."

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Source : John Ortberg (2009). “The Me I Want to Be”, p.135, Harper Collins

John Ortberg

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“I do think there will be winners and losers in the 21st century economy.”

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“Her [Mary's] motherhood extends beyond view. In the will of the Son, she becomes at once mother and maid: sheltering him, but sheltered in him, forming him, but formed by him ... When she pronounces the words: 'Be it done to me according to thy word', the Mother conceives the mystery from the Trinity, in order to give it to the Son. The Son gives the word back to the Trinity by giving everything he has back to the Father in the Spirit. Then, after the Father has received it again, it is distributed to mankind by means of that extravagant expansioning-the Eucharist and the Holy Spirit.”
“If in my life I fail completely to heed others, solely out of a desire to be 'devout' and to perform my 'religious duties', then my relationship with God will also grow arid. It becomes merely 'proper', but loveless.”
“The helmed Cherubim, And sworded Seraphim, Are seen in glittering ranks with wings display'd.”
“Costume is a huge part of getting into character. Your body soaks in what you're wearing, and you turn into someone else.”
“In my early days I was a sepia Hedy Lamarr. Now I'm black and a woman, singing my own way.”
“Be thou the first true merit to befriend, his praise is lost who stays till all commend.”
“God gave you a gift and he deserves a return on his investment.”

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