We can be certain that God will give us the strength and resources we need to live through any situation in life that he ordains. The will of God will never take us where the grace of God cannot sustain us.

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I will write in words of fire. I will write them on your skin. I will write about desire. Write beginnings, write of sin. You’re the book I love the best, your skin only holds my truth, you will be a palimpsest lines of age rewriting youth. You will not burn upon the pyre. Or be buried on the shelf. You’re my letter to desire: And you’ll never read yourself. I will trace each word and comma As the final dusk descends, You’re my tale of dreams and drama, Let us find out how it ends.

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When dealing with toxic people always choose distance over disrespect. ― Germany Kent

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Keep it positive. No one wants to be around people who are constantly negative. ― Germany Kent

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When we face pain in relationships our first response is often to sever bonds rather than to maintain commitment. ― bell hooks

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If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much.― Mark Twain

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My job is not to solve people's problems or make them happy, but to help them see the grace operating in their lives.

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If you want to know who God is, look at Jesus. If you want to know what it means to be human, look at Jesus. If you want to know what love is, look at Jesus. If you want to know what grief is, look at Jesus. And go on looking until you’re not just a spectator, but you’re actually part of the drama which has him as the central character.

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When you see God in everyone, then they see God in you.

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Don't ever let someone tell you the value you don't have, in order to be in someone's life. That is often the value they feel you have, not that person. ― Shannon L. Alder

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