Sentences with phrase «blessing of long life»

Might not the blessing of long life then become a curse?

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But now, for those blessed to be free of family constraints or serious debts, a rising marriage age and longer career onramps can make the third decade of life seem — from the outside at least — like one big party.

I will also no longer act as if I need a majority vote of some ecclesiastical body in order to bless, ordain, recognize and celebrate the lives and gifts of gay and lesbian people in the life of the church.

I read about a man blessed with wisdom who wrote, «Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.»

God blessed us with reason also and it is a life - long process to reach Him for all of us, not just those of us who struggle to mix faith and logic.

A few days previous the man's life was blessed by Jesus and now his old friends disregard him, his parents reject him, and he is no longer welcome at his old place of worship.

Looking back on her life, Patty Duke emphasized the importance of her faith, long - time husband, and reconciled family, saying that despite everything that had befallen her — abuse, several broken marriages, and a severe emotional illness — «I've been richly blessed.

Directly relating my Bible reading with my longing for relationship with Him... sitting alone in my living room, no worship music, no lights, no bulletin, no 3 points... it was really a blessing, and felt a lot more like worship than most of my Sunday morning experiences.

Life is full of blessings and these blessing are easily hidden when we focus on things that really don't matter in the long run.

When the incarnate life of Jesus is over, it is no longer possible to do so: «Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe» (Jn.

The blessings and joys of eternal life only get better and better the longer you are with Jesus and the longer you let Him teach you.

A long, honest look and conversation with the man in the mirror may help you see the beauty of the process, remember yourself in the chaos of your internal battle (sometimes we lose ourselves this way — kind of like not seeing the forest for the trees), and discover the blessing that you are, in the way the people your life touches already feel you are.

For instance, one may plan sympathetically for the welfare of others long after his death through such actions as making a will or buying life insurance, and he may enjoy these actions; but he does them not just for his own enjoyment but also for the future recipients of the blessings of his benevolence.11 However, Hartshorne maintains that such universally common altruistic actions can only be fully comprehended rationally by appeal to God as superhuman mind who ultimately unites all persons and entities in his infinite awareness and memory.

I lean towards the third view... but I admit it is the most difficult of the three views... Christ's priorities appear to be «love in motion» flowing in almost unpredictable directions as dictated by the greatest need: — He heals a slave rather than rebukes slavery; — He heals a man at a pool, then leads the man to belief, then says «cease from sinning»; — He heals many others and says «go and sin no more» to but a few; — He shares money with the poor but establishes no long - term aid; — He touches lepers; He converses with seeking Pharisees; He debates with other Pharisees; He lives with Samaritan outcasts for two days; — He acknowledges the five «marriages» of the Samaritan woman as «marriages»... and then remarks about her current co-habitation... but then moves to higher priorities; — He seems so very focused on internal holiness and not on external holiness; — He violates the Sabbath; He says He is Lord of the Sabbath; He even says that the Sabbath was created to assist man, rather than man created to serve the Sabbath... thus turning the entire concept of the Law into one of assistance rather than being chained to obedience; — He insists on impartiality in the way we bless others, even if we call them «evil» or «good».

Life can be a long road of learning, and God sometimes blesses us with special moments of insight into his will and into ourselves.

Sometimes in the book, sinners, idolaters, and murderers live long and healthy lives, apparently with God's blessing, while at other times, one little mess - up causes God's wrath to fall upon whole generations of people.

Sure, they might be fun for a while, but the instructions and commands of God are for our benefit and for our blessing, so that we can live a long and profitable life, full of joy, satisfaction, and fulfillment.

In Abraham's and Israel's experience, the mystery of God's promise is felt palpably through the image of a new land, through anticipation of a multitude of progeny, through the hope of a long and blessed life for the people, through a vision of shalom.

The saints, or those who in this life had attained perfection, would already be in heaven — and the Blessed Mary, queen of the saints, had long since been established there in glory, next to her Son on his throne.

Hitler was a nationalist and a life long Roman Catholic who was inspired by the writings of Martin Luther and acted with the blessing of the Pope.

That way, if you do live long enough to see the end of the world, at least you can look God in the eye and say that you've used the brain with which you've been blessed.

The mother of three beautiful children, I have known Rachel since long before her life was blessed with her sweet Dak..

I claim reality of my aching back along with my aching arms and pray that in a few short weeks they will be filled with a new and beautiful life who I've been given the honor of calling my daughter, no matter how long we're blessed with her in this life.

It is such a blessing for the doula to be surrounded long term by families that she has been with during such a special time of their lives.

I was so blessed to have her as part of my life, both personally and professionally, for so long.

He is the embodiment of our religion in Ghana today, and may Allah continue to give him long life and blessings.

We are very fortunate that Dr. Dean Telano has received permission and blessings to open the 1st Bon Buddhism of Long Island Center at True Living Yoga.

love, appreciation, long - views back over the span of our lives to see how we have been blessed by so many.

I need someone to share personal moments with, enjoy life and to firmly hold the blessings of a lasting and undying happiness.I am one woman born to please not to tease, I am morally trained and very passionate Am looking for a man, who is loving, patient and sensitive to establish a healthy and happy home with him soon because to me a strong, healthy and long lasting relationship does not matters the age but rather its the understanding and the heart that counts mostly as age is just a figure.

After eight decades, she no longer indulges in notions of romance; her blessing has become a curse, her life spent alone, bar the companionship of her now aged daughter, Flemming (Ellen Burstyn).

As long as the primary goal is to find an animal who can share your life, this motivation is often rewarded by all the blessings of pet ownership.

May every day of your long, happy and healthy life will be blessed with love and fun!»

Sailing from St Maarten (itself blessed with stunning beaches), the voyage calls at Anguilla, famed for its soft, white sand; Virgin Gorda and Jost van Dyke in the British Virgin Islands, which give new meaning to the concept of laid - back beach life; St Kitts, known for its long, unspoiled stretches of sand; and chic St Barths, where the pretty Shell Bay is an easy walk from the harbour at Gustavia.

Remembering Lisa de Kooning — The NYT's Sunday Styles section has a long and moving piece on the by turns sad, hard, blessed, and exuberant life of Willem de Kooning's daughter, whose death in St. John is still being investigated as a possible homicide (pending forensic - testing reports).

We are currently blessed with the opportunity to reflect on the different strategies of veteran Georgia artists who have long since established a signature style, and how they choose to cope with the burden of living up to an...

Let us consider that it could become dangerous to life as know it on Earth for the human community much longer to pursue the prized «business as usual» course of the predominant culture: unbridled overproduction, unrestrained overconsumption and unchecked overpopulation because, when these distinctly human activities are taken together, an overpowering force of nature exists that could become unsustainable on the relatively small, evident finite, noticeably frangible planet God blesses us to inhabit and steward, and surely not to overwhelm.

Christianity has come a long way from its roots of caring for the earth we are blessed to have to sustain life.

It dangles the promise of longer battery life and always - on connectivity but disappoints when it comes to performance of software outside of Microsoft's blessed Store apps.

In a 3 month period of time [1] I came out of the closet with being Autistics [2] we bought and moved into a travel trailer because we had spent all of our money, and I was naive enough to tell everyone that we were now poor but so blessed and did not care because we now lived near our wonderful friends in the mountains [3] I was diagnosed with breast cancer and had a double mastectomy [4] swiftly bloated up 30 pounds, developed lizard skin, hair loss and was no longer cute and young looking for my age [5] meds made me cry over anything and seemed to suck out all my brain cells [chemo brain is real]

Congratulations to all of you and many blessings for a long life of love and happiness for them together.

Wonderful, blessed days of discovery through the eyes of a child (and what beautiful and wise words from Esty) That sweet little face just lights up every photo and it is clear to see how he longs to be fully enveloped in the secure life and love that you and Kevin have for him.

We've lived in the NW for almost all of our lives and raised our children here (Portland and Seattle) so while we no longer have our beach house and moved away from our home in Portland six years ago, we feel blessed to still be near our family in a part of the country we love so much.