Sentences with phrase «live at the mercy»

With fists flying up in the air Like we're holding onto something That's invisible there, «Cause we're living at the mercy of The pain and the fear Until we dead it, Forget it, Let it all disappear.

Humans, like all other earthly creatures, evolved in a symbiotic relationship with the world around them, living at the mercy of natural forces.

Why put your sex life at the mercy of a controlling woman?

Your «Crunchy Mamas» may idealise the concept of living at the mercy of nature, but those of us who occupy the Real World recognise this situation is a gross human rights abuse and a condition that we should all be working together to eradicate rather than emulate.

1) Any person who does not have the «right of existence» guaranteed because of a lack of property is not a citizen in his or her own right — sui iuris — but lives at the mercy of others.

Living at the mercy of world markets As a result, every time there is a price spike in the global commodities marketplace, Africans suffer disproportionately compared to citizens on other continents.

And no one wants to live at the mercy of life's twists and turns.

A week later, I would board a plane and fly an ocean away from my shame, while you and the Qatif girl would continue to live at the mercy of a system that was rigged against you.

The cost of housing is high in Massachusetts and tenants often live at the mercy of landlords.

Why put your sex life at the mercy of a controlling woman?

Babies live at the mercy of what they feel.

Not exact matches

The volatile scheduling practices have affected her personal life as well, leaving both her husband and 10 - year - old son at the mercy of her employer.

So even though these have been proven as life - saving devices, we're sort of at the mercy of local businesses.

But the «yes» part comes from reminding yourself that there are a few basic rules you can live by in terms of how you interact with others, and if you keep these absolute essentials in mind, things will go a lot easier for you — and be a lot easier on those employees of yours who are, in many respects, very much at your mercy.

As young Joseph Conway, Svenson lived at the Sisters of Quiet Mercy.

I'm stunned at all of the comments about this article by people who apparently think they are followers of Christ yet show not one ounce of His love, compassion, mercy or comprehension of the needs of the dying — or the living.

Thank you God for that you gave us and made us realize how lucky we were tobe normal and no one pointing and laughing at while you cry your life out as the boy in the picture... may God have mercy on his soul.Although not sure he a has a soul or Two??

Assuming it was Christianity, it ameliorated many of the harsh realities of human existence, such as your own death, the death of a loved one, injustice, feelings of being at the mercy of the forces of nature, and so on, gave you answers to questions about life, and so on.

I like to think that my God (no other word for him) reached down in his mercy and told me these things to give me a chance at life.

We must believe in the contents of all the messages concerning the code of laws which aims at the organization of human life in a way which meets the needs of mankind and promotes human welfare in accordance with His justice and mercy.

But based on all that I have since learned from Scripture and all that I have experienced in my life, I expect that it will be God's mercy - not his wrath - that prevails and astounds us at judgment.

God does in fact treat us as subjects — that is as those having their own agency — but many preach a gospel in which we have been reduced to objects forced to live life in according to some divinely mapped - out and pre-ordained «plan», or to be the at the mercy of divine manipulation.

So, no name, put aside the lies about yourself and look at yourself in a full length mirror and speak truth, the truth is what is good and wholesome about your life, any kindness, gentleness, tenderheartedness, mercy, humility, patience and encouragement of others, this is the clothing your wear that people see.

Whereas ancient man felt himself to be at the mercy of capricious forces seated beyond his control in an unseen world, Israel came to recognize that man himself has been given power and responsibility to act decisively, and that it is on his own moral decisions that his life and destiny largely depend.

We are made in Gods image and thus we need to reflect this image and His character outwards into the lives of people... at their edge of life and personal hell reflecting Gods grace, mercy, justice, compassion and forgiveness.

We either find ourselves at the mercy of our «needs» which leads to a low grade despair, or divorced from the life and pleasure that sexuality brings, living in a kind of discontented numbness.

At its worst, this strategy of translation does to the language of Psalms what colorization does to a fine black and white film, as when «Let your mercy come to me, that I may live» becomes the saccharine «Shower my life with tenderness» (119:77).

It is time for the church to reassert its guidance in the lives of its adult members, for they are as much at the mercy of a captivating culture as were the members of the early church before the invention of the church year.

one day at a time with the fresh Grace and mercy that is poured out on and in your heart to take and share with someone you might have hurt that is very dear to you, that is empowerment that is forgiveness that brings peace beyond all understanding KNOWING that there is NO ONE that Has control of your life any more, that is the freedom that not only did this UNITED STATES not fully recieve but is being stolen from them one citizen at a time, do they care ah let me see?

a knee - level view from your bit of pavement; a battered, upturned cooking pot and countable ribs, coughing from your steel - banded lungs, alone, with your face to the wall; shrunken breasts and a three year old who can not stand; the ringed fingers, the eyes averted and a five - paise piece in your palm; smoking the babus» cigarette butts to quieten the fiend in your belly; a husband without a job, without a square meal a day, without energy, without hope; being at the mercy of everyone further up the ladder because you are a threat to their self - respect; a hut of tins and rags and plastic bags, in a warren of huts you can not stand up in, where your neighbors live at one arm's length across the lane; a man who cries out in silence; nobody listening, for everyone's talking; the prayer withheld, the heart withheld, the hand withheld; yours and mine Lord teach us to hate our poverty of spirit.

When the Pentateuch is understood in its entirety, it appears that the message of the Pentateuch is that God was never angry at people and never wanted sacrifices and offerings, but wanted instead a people for Himself who lived by faith in God and with justice and mercy before a watching world.

the possibility and necessity of living in a dimension of meaning in which the urgencies of the struggle are subordinated to a sense of awe before the vastness of the historical drama in which we are jointly involved; to a sense of modesty about the virtue, wisdom, and power available to us for the resolution of its perplexities; to a sense of contrition about the common human frailties and foibles which lie at the foundation of... our vanities; and to a sense of gratitude for the divine mercies which are promised to those who humble themselves.

But, when we look at the gospel's and in particular Jesus's model to us of how to live and how to act, it is all about grace, love, mercy, forgiveness, tenderness, kindness...... Jesus did» nt say; «blessed are those who judge for they will be given more authority»!

From his Holy Club days at Oxford through to the end of his life, he insisted on the importance of works of mercy.

... strange reconciliation of justice and mercy, each somehow an ultimate principle of value, but... the single aim at one primary good, which is that the creatures should enjoy rich harmonies of living, and pour this richness into the one ultimate receptacle of all achievement, the life of God.

They might be further upset to read how Jane Schaberg, professor of religious studies at the University of Detroit Mercy, interprets Christ's injunction against divorce as an open invitation for men to beat their wives; «Interpreted in this rigid fashion,» she writes, «this prohibition bas... condemned women and men to the alternative of an intolerable bondage or a life of isolation and sexual repression.»

Christ, in revealing the love «mercy of God, at the same time demanded from people that they also should be guided in their lives by love and mercy.

But at this moment I received the greatest consolation that I can ever receive in my life, since I had the honor of being whipped for the name of Christ, and in addition of being crowned with his mercy and his consolations.

In an age in which we are so much at the mercy of the «repressive triviality» of the secularists, I incline toward an irenic attitude with regard to all, or nearly all, reaffirmations of transcendence: I would much prefer to live in a temple of Astarte than in a global Skinner Box, and I'll take the poetry of William Blake over the dreary platitudes of positivist philosophers any day.

Unless «we embrace the totality of life by accepting both creation and destruction as natural parts of the flow of life, we will continue to turn away from our power and be at the mercy of those who will use shame and guilt to control us.»

Bless us, O our Father, even all of us together, with the light of thy countenance; For by the light of thy countenance thou hast given us, O Lord our God, the Law of life, lovingkindness and righteousness, blessing, mercy, life and peace; And may it be good in thy sight to bless thy people Israel at all times and in every hour with thy peace.

Thank you God for that you gave us and made us realize how lucky we were tobe normal and no one pointing and laughing at while you cry your life out as the boy in the picture... may God have mercy on his soul.

At last, by the mercy of God, meditating day and night, I turned to the context of the following words: «In it (the Gospel) the righteousness of God is revealed, as it is written, «He who through faith is righteous shall live.»»

Am on your side on that I all my life felt that GOD Allah was on my side in Good time and at the worst times, which makes me feel things would have been worse and deadly if it wasn't for GOD mercy whom I call upon in good and bad times... we ought to be spiritually sensitive to realize signs from GOD whether it was a sight or a over heard word or a dream... when ever feeling tight chested just pray thanking, glorifying GOD asking for pardon of our sins... Am sure many had remembered and prayed well at the moments of the Irene hurricane... towards which it contributed to it to slow down or go... although it is true that not any lives were lost thanks to GOD but many billions of US Dollars financially lost at hard economical times which means maybe to say that «Individuals are not being blamed but rather it is their governing system is...?!!

At the end of the day you only have control over self and your actions, never the actions of other and you only have the power to see change in your life with the aid of God's Spirit which will cause you to produce good fruits like love, mercy, goodness kindness....

When humanity lived in wide open spaces, and were at the mercy of nature and its elements, they had to create shamanism that morphed into religion in order to cope.

Because animals are voiceless — because they are at our mercy; and because they deserve to live in a world without cruelty — we will never stop being a voice, for them.

Living in southern California and at the mercy of imported water, I know all about water conservation.

But the real life of a writer resides in showing up at the keyboard every day, with the necessary patience and mercy, and making the best decisions you can on behalf of your people.

Until his mother put him up for adoption at age 5, his life was at the mercy of adults who were usually drunk.