In my personality, I always believe that love N respect are earned but
not beggared.
Not exact matches
That's
not the action of a country seeking to
beggar its neighbours.
A country does
not have to resort to a
beggar - thy - neighbor policy to achieve economic gains.
The Great Depression was a period of great turmoil, caused by many factors and
not just
beggar - thy - neighbour policies.
I thought that Christ turned everything upside down, a shepherd leads from behind, a king who lives as a
beggar, a leader serves and is
not served, and the meek ruling the earth,
not the strong.
We are indeed
beggars for grace and I am
not at all bothered by calling myself that.
But this servant - form is no mere outer garment, like the king's
beggar - cloak, which therefore flutters loosely about him and betrays the king; it is
not like the filmy summer - cloak of Socrates, which though woven of nothing yet both conceals and reveals.
They speak of me with scorn, calling me
beggar - woman or witch or harlot; but their words are at variance with life, and the pharisees who condemn me, waste away in the outlook to which they confine themselves; they die of inanition and their disciples desert them because I am the essence of all that is tangible, and men can
not do without me.
You would
not give thanks bent over like a
beggar — God would prevent that.
In their presence would you dare frankly to confess that that which you desire in the world, in which you sought your consolation, certain that the king in his majesty would
not despise you even though you were a man of inferior rank; certain that the
beggar would
not go away envious that he could
not have the same consolation; certain that the man like yourself would be pleased by your frankness?
He was taken by the breathtaking lavishness of the church, but he could
not ignore the contrast between the opulence of the basilica and the destitution of the
beggars outside its doors.
I told him that I won't treat him like a
beggar but I'll buy him lunch like a friend.
Wilson can
not grasp anything but corniness in a trope that goes back to Ancient Greece, resonates through the Middle Ages, and informs the social preaching of our day — the presence of God in a
beggar that binds him into a community with me despite our radically different lives.
This option, offensive
not only to us but already to Matthew, motivated him both to insert «Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven» and also, at the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount (the Beatitudes pronounced on the poor and hungry), to add that God's blessing has to do with the «poor in spirit,» who «hunger and thirst after righteousness,»
not simply with hungry
beggars, which is what the Greek word translated «poor» actually means.
When one does give, it seems to me important to look into the eye of the
beggar — if he or she is
not blind — and to see there a fellow human being.
Muhammad said to Uthman ibn Maz» un who was ascetic by nature and who asked permission to make himself a eunuch and to spend the rest of his life as a wandering
beggar, «Hast thou
not in me a fair example?
Westerners are usually advised
not to give to
beggars, who can be persistent and aggressive.
There one can see a touching picture of all human miseries,
not of those poor attrackted by the alms of sovereigns, or of those insects who attach themselves to the reach, but of starving
beggars deprived of necessities by the «charity» of their bishops so as to prevent them from becoming corrupted by affluence.
Just like we don't hang around with women who are caught in the act of adultery, we don't hang around with Samaritans, we don't hang around with powerless children, we don't hang around with women who have a bad reputation, we don't hang around with
beggars or the poor or the oppressed or the criminal or the possessed or the socially marginalized or the ones who aren't allowed to come to temple with the good religious people, good gracious!
«I prefer painting people's eyes to cathedrals,» he wrote, «for there is something in the eyes that is
not in the cathedral, however solemn and imposing the latter may be — a human soul, be it that of a poor
beggar or of a street walker, is more interesting to me.»
But Jesus was more accepting of women, children, aliens,
beggars, leppers and even sexual minorities than OT practice, which I think represents a greater inclusiveness which should lead us to believe that love / protection /» rights» be extended to these vulnerable groups and
not just the priveledge adult male population.
No, we all came in, as
beggars, asking for something we did
not earn, getting something we did
not deserve.
If in the course of an ordinary day we are
not struck in the face or accosted by
beggars or taken to court or hit up for a loan, there are plenty of other demands on our time for faithful living!
He goes to church in order to serve God (and thus
NOT be alone), but his self - centered thoughts persistently $ pam him with the reminder that no one is serving him but himself, that — if he stops serving himself — no one will be serving him and he will be just another
beggar... better to focus on the service you provide to God through your brothers - and - sisters, trusting that God (through your brothers - and - sisters) will provide the things you need to empower your service!
Athy, dear, you're just another one of those lame and blind
beggars who hasn't seen the light of day, so he thinks that his darkness is all there is... Don't boast yourself of your thinking, you're desperately deficient, because the most important part of you is DEAD.
Just remember this, the next time you visit a holy temple, don't forget to observe those who are outside - nothing changes when you come out, no prayer makes the
beggar filthy hungry man become rich in a minute, but You can feed him, at least once, and that to me is real....
Vouchers to
beggars — «
not valid for alcohol, lottery tickets or tobacco» — .
We don't know whether he was a cold man with habitually averted eyes who never saw the
beggar at all or whether he did notice, maybe said a prayer for a sorry case, but stuck to his policy of never giving anything directly to street people.
But there are blind people who do
not end up as
beggars.
The
beggar does
not speak in vain.
A massive investment in social criticism is needed in the American church, for it is the structures of our society and institutions, wittingly or
not, that define people as
beggars and that render them blind.
For the story does
not simply concern the blind
beggar and Jesus.
Those who are kept powerless will
not be healed; they will remain
beggars.
There is a New York of education, where the spirit is
not altogether dead that made Pestalozzi live «as a
beggar among
beggars — that
beggars might live like men.»
How many of us pretend we didn't see that
beggar in the doorway we just passed?
One bishop reported that he had to entertain three hundred guests on a single day,
not to mention sixty or eighty
beggars.34 Then, too, there were scholars whose educational expenses could be defrayed only through a church living, and when the average vicarage comprised, as in England, four thousand acres, 35 why should it
not support more than the vicar?
«Then you take any blessed thing left over from dinner or breakfast, chop, leg of fowl, sausage, bacon (forget whether he said fish)-- anything left of something too good to throw away or give to
beggars, don't you know.
This works with many kinds of berries and stone fruit too, as long as you peel them if their small (like plums, cherries were a bust due to the skins and I'm
NOT peeling the little
beggars).
I find it unfortunate that it's taken this long to get any major progress on the way, but hey,
beggars can't be choosers.
Okay, that's a lie... I'd love it more if it had a dishwasher but
beggars can't be choosers.
I'd like it if it incorporated a good proportion of pumpkin, but
beggars can't be choosers eh?
Another goal from Giroud — oh how I wish these could happen in the champion's league AND the league, but I guess
beggars can't be choosers.
Ideally that pressure would come from the middle, but hey,
beggars can't be choosers.
Oh well,
beggars can't be choosers, especially while Wenger is running the show.
Look at what The Saints are doing to them guys and the
beggars the question, why can't we do the same!
as long as its
not wasted on cavarni... the number of times i heard his name on this site just
beggars football belief... a mediocre over-priced has been
I would've preferred the 3rd to be in this years draft, but
beggars can't be choosers.
beggars can't be choosers!
Take your pick as to who is the most pernicious influence on the club out of the above but it
beggars belief that on top of paying a manager 8m a year you need to remind him that coming 4th is
not acceptable!
Beggars can't be choosers and we begged all summer for a top striker and DM