And on a lighter note... «It is one
of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.»
But here's the thing: anything we receive that exceeds what it takes for us to survive is an overflow
of the blessings of God.
I agree that «anything we receive that exceeds what it takes for us to survive is an overflow
of the blessings of God»; in fact, I would take it a step further and say that every good thing we receive is an overflow
of the blessings of God.
- Katrina Kittle, author
of The Blessings of the Animals and The Kindness of Strangers Read the prologue and first chapter
Luxury hybrid cars come in a variety of different configurations, as one
of the blessings of operating near the top of the market is the ability to invest a few more development dollars and create a somewhat unique driving experience.
I hope to hear from you people with lot
of blessings of GOD and must share with these individuals In need as we have lot of life left to enjoy and do what we always wanted to do but giving time money and knowledge to get closer to ones destiny is the most important obligation of our life.
One
of the blessings of the 30s is a more sophisticated approach to style and sexiness, at least that's what i want to believe:) Love the leather - lace combo too, and your hair looks amazing!
One
of the blessings of choosing open adoption is that I get to see and hear some of the details about my children as they grow.
We look at bison as being one
of the blessings of this country that we've sort of destroyed.
It is one
of the blessings of democracy that this is so, for in part these procedures depend on individual attitudes, and in other matters on political action in which representatives in government must eventually be responsive to the people's demands.
clarify: I DO experience
all of the blessings of family that you mention in the article... great love, purpose, diversity, openess to question and be accepted, etc... DO N'T experience any of the headaches and hurts mentioned in the comments.
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.
For me, one
of the blessings of considering suicide and being able to retreat from the abyss is the gift of faith.
One
of the blessings of ecumenical contact has been a movement towards agreement on some of the contentious issues the book mentions as dividing the Churches, such as the filioque clause and the papal primacy.
«143 So, fertile soils, crops, and animals were evidence
of the blessings of God.
There are many other indicators in this context, as well as the chapter, that the writer of Hebrews is not talking about loss of the deliverance from hell to heaven, but loss
of the blessings of sanctification and rewards, and the loss of «saving of the life» in vs 39.
Another image
of the blessings of female fertility, «Your wife, a fruitful vine, / in the recesses of your house,» is doubly altered: «Your beloved, a fruitful vine, / in the warmth of your home» (128:3).
Why is it that our country was so great back when our forefathers kept reminding
us of the blessings of God, yet now that this country wants to cut God (our own Heavenly Father) out of everything, we are going to the trash?
It is when people fill their lives with
some of the blessings of life — such as eating, drinking, and marrying — so that they ignore the signs of the times in which they live and the testimony from God about what is coming unless they all heeded the warnings and followed the ways of God (Matthew 24:32 - 33).
A Muslim never doubts, nor hesitates to hold a firm belief in, the eternity
of the blessings of the Other World.
It will bring lots
of blessings of the Word of God for the Pakistani and Indian Urdu and Punjabi and other local languages speaking people.
Going back to the early church fathers and Augustine and Thomas Aquinas, Thatcher argues that children should be «regarded as evidence
of the blessing of God on marriage.»
(24) But while it is the wont of royalty To eat and drink, the prophet / minister, Close to the word of earth and sensitive To Word of God, searches and waits for sign And way
of blessing of the families Of earth, of sweet relief from poverty, Injustice, and oppression - from the drought Of inhumanity and misery.
The «Father» of the Nation, being the United States of America is quoted saying; «The General is sorry to be informed — , that the foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing, a vice heretofore little known in an American army, is growing into a fashion; — he hopes the officers will, by example as well as influence, endeavor to check it, and that both they and the men will reflect that we can have little hope
of the blessing of Heaven on our arms, if we insult it by impiety and folly; added to this, it is a vice so mean and low, without any temptation, that every man of sense and character detests and despises it.»
One
of the blessing of being in the military and having people work under you is that you get to share in life little joys over and over.
But part
of the blessing of Prozac is that you can stop taking it.
Becoming like the Proverbs 31 Woman is not about WHAT you do, but HOW you do it... I was so buoyed up by this idea and have kind of been floating on the liberating feeling of it and the power
of the blessing of «Eshet Chayil»!
Well - known parenting expert Wendy Mogel, author
of The Blessing of a Skinned Knee, describes how she threatened to leave her young daughter outside in the dark at night until she was willing to brush.
Together they bring their vast knowledge to create a retreat that is not only comprehensive and inspiring but also deeply joy - filled and celebratory
of the blessing of life.
And her voice would whisper in my ears the words
of blessing of the Hidden, while my stepfather grumbled mildly that she spoiled me, and the little girls, my half - sisters, jumped around us for their share of the hug and the blessing.
Not exact matches
For those
of you fortunate enough to have family and friends to celebrate with, you are
blessed.
While it's natural to take a breath, reflect, and count your
blessings during the holiday season, it's still possible to also end your year with a feeling
of real accomplishment, so that you'll start 2018 on a high note rather than with a horrifically backlogged to - do list.
And
of course, getting my wife's
blessing to do this at all also took some time.
After reaching a peak in 2000 at 634,000, the annual number
of new firms fell to 505,000 in 2010, the last year for which
BLS has data.
Think about the course
of your life and your
blessings.
Going on a witch - hunt because someone says «
Bless you» to another employee that sneezed (real example) creates an environment
of paranoia and stifled self - expression, without improving how people treat each other.
And that agreement was enough protection that Netflix signed a letter giving its
blessing to the merger, saying Charter's no - fee peering policy was «a significant departure from the efforts
of some ISPs to collect access tolls on the Internet.»
On Monday the company re-launched its service across Canada (except for Quebec) with the
blessings of provincial regulators and a mission to change how loans are handled.
Consequently, Salt Lake City has enjoyed among the highest rates
of salary growth in the country over the past decade, according to
BLS data.
Instead, we're very focused on the sacrifices,» Jennifer Allyn, managing director in the office
of diversity for PricewaterhouseCoopers has said, chiding high - achieving women in particular to stop beating themselves up and start counting their
blessings.
One answer is that the technique is likely to be
of little value to those
blessed souls who have sailed through life without a care in the world.
That's a painful but important picture for those
of us
blessed with more comfortable lives to examine, Gates insists.
Think
of it as a game, moreover, in which the players aren't just a company's top executives but every
blessed employee on the payroll.
God
bless all
of you, God
bless the American people, God
bless America.»
But Istanbul's
blessing as an entrepreneurial hub is also its curse, with a rising cost
of living, epic traffic jams, and a glut
of smaller players.
At last year's Sohn Conference, the founder and CEO
of hedge fund Glenview Capital still believed that regulators would
bless the mergers
of health insurance companies whose stocks he owned, including Anthem, Cigna, Aetna and Humana.
These minutes underscore a central tension in the bitcoin story: it is a technology whose popularity is tied to its ability to undercut the government and incumbent financial industry's role in currency and money transmission, but one that clearly needs the
blessing of both to reach its full potential.
Colosseum Still one
of Rome's top attractions after 2,000 years, it is also the site
of Good Friday's Way
of the Cross evening procession, where thousands flock to enjoy the spectacle and hear a papal address and
blessing of the crowd.
Chosen as one
of Toronto's first planned garden suburbs, Lawrence Park is
blessed with lots
of park space, mature trees and blossoming gardens.
Home Depot — The Home Depot Foundation has pledged $ 1 million to organizations including the American Red Cross, Salvation Army, Convoy
of Hope, Operation
Blessing and Team Rubicon.