Sentences with phrase «joy for long»

This massive growth bought a moment of joy for long term investors.

Incidentally one of the occasional joys for the long - term investor is holding a successful dividend - paying company and realising that after many years the annual dividend has increased to the extent that it is now equal to the amount you originally paid for the company.

Returning to work sapped me of any emotional joy for longer than expected.

Not exact matches

I know busy CEOs will claim they don't have time for this, but the reality is that I am more productive and make better decisions that payoff in the long run when I function in joy zone.

Other laptops cause eyestrain or look slightly fuzzy, but the XPS is a joy to use even for long typing sessions.

I had almost given up, when I stumbled across this video, which is less than 10 minutes long and answered all my questions so perfectly that I nearly jumped for joy — it's definitely worth a watch.

Going to confession for the first time in a long while and trying to bring more joy into the house instead of worrying so much.

The show was about the science and joy of the female O. Wonderfully and very tastefully produced, I highly recommend it for anyone needing to clear their mind from the nonsense presented in this annoyingly long and rather offensive religious diatribe.

I see and work with people who were athiests or agnostics, came to faith in God and for the first time in thier lives found hope, joy and solutions to long standing issues in thier lives.

When we know how much God loves us, this not only frees us from fear of punishment, but it also frees us from the desire to sin, because we know that God only wants what is best for us, and His instructions are not to destroy our joy or ruin our lives, but to increase our enjoyment of life, and help us live better, longer, healthier, happier lives.

For once he is made to shiver with a nameless longing, to listen at last for something other than cocktail chatter, and to recall his rare moments of beauty and jFor once he is made to shiver with a nameless longing, to listen at last for something other than cocktail chatter, and to recall his rare moments of beauty and jfor something other than cocktail chatter, and to recall his rare moments of beauty and joy.

``... Borders soft with refugees Streets a» swimming with amputees It's a Bible or a bullet they put over your heart It's getting harder and harder to tell them apart Days are nights and the nights are long Beating hearts blossom into walking bombs And those still looking in the clear blue sky for a sign Get missiles from so high they might as well be divine Now the wolves are howling at our door Singing bout vengeance like it's the joy of the Lord Bringing justice to the enemies not the other way round They're guilty when killed and they're killed where they're found If what's loosed on earth will be loosed up on high It's a Hell of a Heaven we must go to when we die...»

I'm convinced that one thing folks from my generation long for is the chance to talk openly and honestly about our faith, our doubts, our questions, our ideas, our struggles, our joys, etc. in the context of a faith community.

But the joy is made more real, richer and deeper perhaps, because we longed for it with all our hearts for so many days.

As I learned in particular through our lost babies, one after another after another, the joy born out of suffering and longing is more beautiful for its very complexity.

For a long time, thinking he is the same as other men, he will try to see as they do, to speak their language, to find contentment in the joys with which they are satisfied.

For a long time, seeking to appease his mysterious but obsessive need for plenitude of being, he will try to divert it on to some particularly stable or precious object to which, among all the accessory pleasures of life, he will look for the substance and overflowing richness of his jFor a long time, seeking to appease his mysterious but obsessive need for plenitude of being, he will try to divert it on to some particularly stable or precious object to which, among all the accessory pleasures of life, he will look for the substance and overflowing richness of his jfor plenitude of being, he will try to divert it on to some particularly stable or precious object to which, among all the accessory pleasures of life, he will look for the substance and overflowing richness of his jfor the substance and overflowing richness of his joy.

Someone told me about their church holding a Blue Christmas service for those in their community who are grieving and longing at Christmas, unable to fathom the joy perhaps, and so they make space for prayer, for communion, for quiet, to hold each other, to light candles for their grief together for just an evening in the midst of the shopping and the wrapping and the bright tinsel.

Even as I fulfilled a lifelong dream, it didn't take long for me to move from joy to worry — will the editor like it?

The pleasure of delightful laughter is accounted for as a reflection of «the abundance of joy in which we were created» (p. 68), without being the full enjoyment of heaven which is still longed for.

For example, the person who wants to experience sex before marriage can no longer experience the joy of a real marital donation in its fullness: giving oneself totally and for the first time — that is, in a true virginal gift — and receiving the same gift from one's spouFor example, the person who wants to experience sex before marriage can no longer experience the joy of a real marital donation in its fullness: giving oneself totally and for the first time — that is, in a true virginal gift — and receiving the same gift from one's spoufor the first time — that is, in a true virginal gift — and receiving the same gift from one's spouse.

Here was a situation in which the reality of God and his love was being revealed in a new and decisive way, and in which, therefore, the joys of the salvation time were suddenly available to those who had longed for them so long and so earnestly.

It is interesting, is it not, that most of the things the world longs for — never - ending life, overwhelming joy, unconditional love, satisfaction, power — all of these things are already found... and only found... in the Christian life.

In Surprised by Joy Lewis tells his own life story as one whose underlying theme is Sehnsucht — the longing for joy.

The sense of the goodness to be achieved by that choice, of the opportunity that may be missed, the love for the value discovered, the excitement and joy over it all, is exactly the same as it was for those who were drawn to Jesus in those long - ago days when he first walked among us.

Take them one at a time, spending as much time as you need to discuss thoroughly the issues and feelings that arise: «The ideas and issues which excite me most are...;» «The things that are most worth living for right now are...;» «I feel the most joy (pain, hope, lonely, together) when...;» «What I really believe about God is...;» «I feel closest to (most distant from) God when...;» «I get spiritually high when...;» «The beliefs that mean the most to me now are...;» «The beliefs from my childhood which no longer make sense are...;» «Life has the least (the most) meaning for me when...;» «I feel closest to you (most distant from you) spiritually when...;» «The way I really feel about the church is...;» «I'd like to do the following, to enjoy more spiritual sharing...;» «To enrich the spiritual life of our family, I'd like to..

He had been drawn toward God by his longing for joy, but when he found God «no slightest hint was vouchsafed me that there ever had been or ever would be any connection between God and Joy.»

For those faith haters - it is understandable to be impatient with us «science haters», but with a long term view we meet at the horizen - with joy of discovery of who we are.

In the works of Kemmis and other authors in the New Urbanist movement, I found convergent themes of longing for community, joy beauty, place, connection with our past, and meaning.

A group that does not experience such joy in belonging together is hardly likely to survive for very long, save by a superficial bonding of those who really have nothing in common.

The ultimate goal of Christian marriage enrichment is to liberate couples to claim and share the fruits of the spirit for which the human family longs — love, faithfulness, integrity, reconciliation, healing, joy, and peace.

Jesus is as good as we hope, and everything for which you are longing — love, joy, peace, justice, mercy, home, good work — is real because it rooted in God's heart for us.

If Christmas is for the joy, then Advent is for the longing.

It is holy in that in principle it is different from the world at large, not in order to boast of its glory but in order to be an instrument of God for that world, showing the «fruit of the Spirit» in love, joy, peace, long - suffering, and the rest of the virtues to people who are walking in darkness and doubt.

In Jesus» case it was a combination of factors — such as the fervent longing of oppressed people, their religious preparation and ethical sensitivity, the remarkable personal power of Jesus, and the particular circumstances of his death — which produced among his followers a mental and emotional situation favorable to the attainment of a remarkable new intensity of life, marked by love, loyalty, courage and joy, all for the sake of the Master, who had sacrificed his life for them and for the larger good he saw through them.

I have found so much joy and life beyond religion and beliefs, and for a long time thought I was all alone it it.

He quotes Rowan Williams who has said, «To desire my joy is to desire the joy of the one I desire: my search for enjoyment through the... presence of another is a longing to be enjoyed... [Romantic] partners «admire» in each other «the lineaments of gratified desire.»

For every moment of big beautiful joy or small hidden victories or tender quiet encounters with love and peace, there is the ache and the longing for everything — sometimes just one something in particular — to be made rigFor every moment of big beautiful joy or small hidden victories or tender quiet encounters with love and peace, there is the ache and the longing for everything — sometimes just one something in particular — to be made rigfor everything — sometimes just one something in particular — to be made right.

Time and time again, the people we interviewed shared that they are aiming to live life intentionally and purposefully now, and that even in the midst of being unsure about the future and even longing for a spouse, they are experiencing genuine joy in their current lives.

The similes of the new patch on the old garment and of new wine in the old wineskins (Mark 2:21 - 22) are susceptible of several interpretations (for example, in the joy of the Messianic age the ancient mourning customs no longer have meaning); but the original significance of the words can no longer be ascertained.

It is the time for acknowledging our deep longing for the world to be made right and the joy of Christmas emerges from that season of groaning — from the fact that God has met us exactly where we are, as we are.

That is the sting of it, that in the vast driftings of the cosmic weather, though many a jewelled shore appears, and many an enchanted cloud - bank floats away, long lingering ere it be dissolved — even as our world now lingers for our joy — yet when these transient products are gone, nothing, absolutely nothing remains, to represent those particular qualities, those elements of preciousness which they may have enshrined.

A detailed comparison of these lists with that in Nicolai Hartmann's second volume of his Ethics, would not be without interest.15 Also the great Pauline virtues of faith, hope, and charity are left unaccounted for — to say nothing, for example, of joy, peace, long - suffering, gentleness, meekness, humility, and temperance, or of the Vedantic Sat, Chit, and Ananda.

In public, I acted like a peaceful, confident, joy - filled believer while secretly believing that I would forever be orphaned to that which I longed for the most — the love and acceptance of the Father.

Lets pray that we can again find the seeds to grow the fruits of the spirit in these trying times... the fruits are no longer there... (in case you've forgotten what they are: LOVE, PEACE, FAITHFULNESS, JOY, GOODNESS, GENTLENESS, PATIENCE, SELF - CONTROL, and KINDNESS)... Pray for the President, Pray for your Family, Pray for Neighbor, and if you feel that Mitt Romney is one of those relations to you then Pray for him too.

If we don't change what's inside of us — if we don't allow God to transform bitterness and envy and pride and unforgiveness into hope and joy and kindness and compassion — then we're not going to have the material in which to create the world that God longs for us to step into.

That is the sting of it, that in the vast driftings of the cosmic weather, though many a jeweled shore appears, and many an enchanted cloud - bank floats away, long lingering ere it be dissolved — even as our world now lingers for our joy — yet when these transient products are gone, nothing, absolutely nothing remains, to represent those particular qualities, those elements of preciousness which they may have enshrined.

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.

I have felt for a long time that, if by my words, some Christian stopped believing, I would feel no joy as a result.

They that sleep in the earth will awake and shout for joy; for thy dew is a dew of sparkling light, and the earth will bring those long dead to birth again.11