"Christians are meant to have the same vocation as their King, that of cross-bearers. It is this conscience of a high calling and of partnership with Jesus which brings gladness in tribulations, which makes Christians enter prisons for their faith with the joy of a bridegroom entering the bridal room."

-- Richard Wurmbrand

#Christian Quotes #Jesus Quotes #Kings Quotes

“...a metaphor that works in one society may seem preposterous in another.”
“One of the things Jesus did was to step aside from the organized religion of his time because it had become corrupt and bogged down with rules. Rules became more important than feeding the hungry.”
“The big difference between human happiness and sadness? Thirty-seven freakin' vibrations.”
“Guilt always hurries towards its complement, punishment: only there does its satisfaction lie.”
“I have to say what I do is not easy and there are definitely moments where I feel inadequate to the tasks I've set for myself. And that's hard to feel - like you're giving your life to something and you can't really do it as well as you want to do it.”
“Again the violet of our early days Drinks beauteous azure from the golden sun, And kindles into fragrance at his blaze.”

Source : Ebenezer Elliott (1834). “Elliott's Poems: The village patriarch, Love, and other poems”, p.284
“Everywhere outside New York City is Bridgeport, Connecticut.”
“I damaged all the complicated bits of the brain to do with processing and emotional control. I was prey to every single emotion that swept over me and I couldn't deal with it. I had to re-learn things from scratch.”

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