Sentences with phrase «life draws near»

This Walter Mitty works in the photo department of Life magazine and secretly pines for co-worker Cheryl (Kristen Wiig) For years, Walter has handled the submissions from prized photographer Sean O'Connell (Sean Penn), but as layoffs mount and the last issue of Life draws near, the image that O'Connell has earmarked for the final cover goes missing.

Each painting displays my interest in these ideas with images of light and violence, both dark and bright, and my attempt to fancifully explore the familiar existential angst of uncertainty while speaking more directly to the conflict of our lives drawing nearer to death.»

Not exact matches

The best idea is that, both in business and our overall lives, we are often drawn to things that provide gratification and positive reinforcement in the near term, such as wanting to answer all of the emails in our inbox before we leave for the day.

Trust me when I tell you the Bible has not changed for thousands of years: It is the living Word of God and you can / will definitely get to know God and draw nearer to Him just by reading it for yourself.

About 60,000 Chaldeans live near El Cajon, making it a natural draw from asylum seekers.

When we apply this position to Diem's original criticism of Käsemann, that the latter presented Jesus as only teaching general truths rather than the kerygma, it becomes clear that Diem has overlooked the crucial point: Käsemann went beyond the view that Jesus taught God's fatherhood and man's freedom, to the assertion that «God has drawn near man in grace and requirement,» and Jesus «brought and lived the freedom of the children of God».

But precisely because we are not self - contained ready - made entities which can be conceived equally well as being near to you or remote from you; precisely because in us the self - subsistent individual who is united to you grows only insofar as the union itself grows, that union whereby we are given more and more completely to you: I beg you, Lord, in the name of all that is most vital in my being, to hearken to the desire of this thing that I dare to call my soul even though I realize more and more every day how much greater it is than myself, and, to slake my thirst for life, draw me — through the successive zones of your deepest substance — into the secret recesses of your inmost heart.

22 His soul draws near the pit, and his life to those who bring death.

Grant rather that each day may do something so to strengthen my hold upon the unseen world, so to increase my sense of its reality, and so to attach my heart to its holy interests that, as the end of my earthly life draws ever nearer, I may not grow to be a part of these fleeting earthly surroundings, but rather grow more and more conformed to the life of the world to come.

He is able for all time to save those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them (7:25).

«Therefore, brethren, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way which he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, and since we have a great high priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith» (10:19 - 22).

Gilbert Meilander's Meditations on Christ's Words from the Cross relates the death of his grandfather and his father as they lay ««laboring» just to draw a breath near the end of life»:

It was in the fellowship that men had with Jesus and with one another around Jesus — living, dying, and alive for evermore — that God drew wondrously near as grace and truth.

When I spotted a tiny stone church downtown near my work shadowed with live oak tress, I felt drawn to it.

The Letter of James, easily ignored by evangelicals following Luther's denunciation of the book as «straw,» speaks of the reciprocity of covenant life:» «You shall love your neighbor as yourself»... Draw near to God and he will draw near to you» (2:8; 4Draw near to God and he will draw near to you» (2:8; 4draw near to you» (2:8; 4:8).

We believe that in our life together here the divine commonwealth has drawn near.

As Easter draws near and Christians around the world focus their thoughts on the resurrection of Jesus, it is sometimes helpful to consider how the world, our lives, and Christianity would be different if Jesus had not risen from the dead.

Ye who do truly and earnestly repent you of your sins, and are in love and charity with your neighbors, and intend to lead a new life, following the commandments of God, and walking from henceforth in his holy ways: Draw near with faith, and take this holy Sacrament to your comfort; and make your humble confession to Almighty God, devoutly kneeling.

And while there is «withdrawal» in some senses (we don't carry our children around their whole lives), there is a drawing nearer in others.

As Christmas draws nearer and nearer our lives get busier and we need some Christmas Activities for Toddlers that let us take a back seat allow them to get creative so we can get on with what we need to do.

This Mother's Day, as we draw our children near and give thanks for the blessing of their lives, let us show solidarity with these mothers, and with all mothers who are without their children.

After arriving late, Paterson pressed Pataki hard for advice on transitioning out of the Albany executive chamber and back to everyday life — the issue absorbing him as his departure date draws near.

The research team drew on data from 420 people living near Athens International Airport in Greece, where up to 600 planes take off and land every day.

I haven't quite wrapped my head around how we will add a baby into our crazy mix of a life (hubby and I are total work - a-holics), but I'm guessing as my tummy grows, and the months and weeks draw nearer, I'll have to get it together and come up with a plan.

Once the fear has passed, just in time for nap, visual and musical style are sometimes played in an immersive fashion by highlights in a directorial performance by Nicolas Winding Refn that bring some life to the film, though not as much as John Turturro's inspired lead performance, which does about as much as anything in bring the final product to the brink of decency, which is ultimately defied by the serious underdevelopment, overambition, monotonously unfocused dragging and near - punishingly dull atmospheric dryness that back a questionable drawn non-plot concept, and drive «Fear X» into mediocrity, in spite of highlights than can't quite obscure the many shortcomings.

Alina wants Voichita to leave her cloistered life and return with her to Germany, but as the fateful hour draws near, Voichita does not want to go, so Alina decides to stay, which is when the real trouble

Solomon Kane (Purefoy) is a fearless ship captain and warrior, who one day draws a visit from the Devil's Reaper who explains that Solomon's life of greed and murder has cost him his soul, to be collected in the near - future.

They play strictly by the rules passed down from the near - mythical Chazz, who cracked the code of being the life of the party and drawing attention to oneself without arousing suspicion.

We lived in Brooklyn, near Coney Island, where on certain summer days, when the wind was blowing just right and our kitchen window was open and the shade drawn up on its roller, I could smell the briny odor of the ocean, layered with just the barest hint of mustard and grilled hot dogs (although that could have been my imagination).

Now, as her hundredth year draws near, she is a patient at Roscommon Regional Mental Hospital, and she decides to record the events of her life.

As the end of each semester draws near, there is more quiet in dorms; student who live off campus are not having parties; and non-traditional students with families are trying to find enough quiet time at home or contemplating a «sick day» from work.

Now I live in the countryside near Tokyo with my husband, Ryosuke, where I draw comics, blog, and make videos about our daily life.

Older individuals with term life policies may consider adding a final expense policy, especially as the term for their life insurance plan draws near.

By the time retirement draws near, many of us find that we've given little, if any, serious thought to the critical task of turning that nest egg into income we can count on to support us the rest of our lives.

Living near Omaha, I heard a lot about Berkshire Hathaway and was drawn towards their goals, performance, and ways of doing business.

As Easter draws near, it is important to spread the word that live rabbits should not be given as Easter gifts.

Unlike my dog, however, Teresa was a wild animal, and as October drew near, I knew she couldn't live with me forever.

For a rare and special combination of Balinese dancing and rock bands near the beach, head straight for the Zero Six in Tuban while the new Hard Rock Cafe draws the crowds with live music and pricey drinks.

As the Marvel's «Civil War II» event draws near its end, so to does the life of one of its greatest heroes.

As Fallout 4's launch draws near, Bethesda has released a new live - action trailer showing what life is like before and after the...

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The students, some wearing dunce caps, refused to leave and organised a series of life drawing classes near the entrance to the central London gallery.

As a young person I lived near an old castle and spent many hours drawing that castle.

Kehinde Wiley, for instance, has long been a stalwart of the genre, juxtaposing the European tradition with sitters drawn from urban life, in a simultaneous gesture of appropriating the canonical while elevating black figures to a near - hagiographic kind of beatitude.

He spent a large part of the 1970s living on a commune near Düsseldorf, traveling widely and indulging in a formidable regimen of drugs, all the while obsessively snapping photographs, which he would often paint and draw on top of.

Newcomer Steven Lowery draws his dense word - scapes in London; the legendary Zap artist S. Clay Wilson lives in San Francisco where he can't keep up with demand; and young Erik Schoonebeek of the inventive gouaches lives near Kingston, NY.

Much of Pettibon's visual output looks like the work of someone who never went near an art college, nor sketched a nude in a studio, which is a correct assumption to make — self - trained, he graduated from UCLA in 1977 with a degree in economics, beginning his working life as a maths teacher, before launching his career as an artist — but then you're taken aback because the drawing, while not on a par with Leonardo da Vinci's dexterity, exactly, is often fluid and well - observed.

Pictured at left: Near life - size detail from «Handle with Care» drawing machine.

Sir John has written (letter to the compiler of 19 March 1975): «This portrait was painted in the drawing room of my parents» house at Far Oakridge, Near Stroud, Gloucs., and shows me working on the proofs of my Life and Death of Conder which was published later that year».

During the war he went to ground near Marseilles, living in dire poverty, drawing and painting in watercolour.