I’m tired of the voices outside my head;Caught between contradiction of tongues;Receiving what’s not been asked for,from those who I wouldn’t dare imitate. How much blood must be spilt on the pagefor their satisfaction? How many mapped-out plans, and goals stated, so intricatelyarticulated, will stop them from one more,“Yes, but have you thought of…?” I […]
My hand yearns to write happy things,but my broken heart still won’t let me. I always said that if your love ever stopped, I wouldn’t hold it against you. I never saw you as merely an object to obtain, a subject to study, or a city to be conquered. You said you’d never loved someone
In your search for love, trust God and be patient. Don’t worry – God knows exactly what we need, truly, and works all things for His glory. Marriage is serious, and not to be taken for granted. It’s a relationship that’s to be cultivated beyond courting, and beyond the Sacrament. It’s not just two becoming
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A true friend prays to God for his friend. A true friend cares about the salvation of a friend’s soul. To draw a friend back from false ways and set him on the true path – that is precious friendship. The Saints of God are man’s greatest friends. – St. Nikolai Velimirovic Today (April 20/May
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I was reading through an old Five Star notebook of mine and found this small piece that I wrote back in early 2017. It’s always interesting to read what I was planning out, even more, to read was I was going through at the time. And to see how I used to reflect on my
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In the West, we view the Christmas Season as the pinnacle of happiness. We sing about it being the most wonderful time of the year in our carols. We sing of peace, happiness, and a word that often gets overlooked – joy! It may get lumped together synonymously with happiness, but joy is a peculiar
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I was speaking with a friend recently about the strange times our generation has grown up in. He recollected that once an acquaintance asked him a question he’d never heard nor thought about before. He asked my friend if he ever wondered what it would be like to simply disappear – not die and go
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There’s a certain miracle that the Prophet Elisha performed for a widow in 2 Kings 4:1-7 (4 Kingdoms 4:1-7 LXX) that gives us an example of God’s providential care, and how to act in faith. The widow’s husband, who was a son of the prophets, had died. The creditors were going to take her sons
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