In the flurry
of gift opening on Christmas morning, small objects from ripped open packages (like the 42 little plastic tabs to hold a $ 5 rattle in a cardboard box!)
I'm always missing some part
of gift opening so I can fuss in the kitchen making breakfast.
Not exact matches
When the holidays come around, there's no better way to make your coffee addict wake up and
open presents than with a bunch
of coffee - inspired
gifts.
We all enjoy the mystery and intrigue
of opening a
gift with our name on the tag.
I like this definition
of humility: It's an ability to recognize your talents and
gifts accurately and then willingly stoop to a lower level and become curious,
open, and willing to accept instruction without clinging to your pride.
For example, when I interviewed the head
of a novelty
gift company that relies almost entirely on
open innovation, he told me very explicitly what they were looking for — and more importantly what they weren't.
Donors can
open accounts at many brokerage firms or large foundations, and then make
gifts of cash, marketable securities, and even hard - to - value assets.
«I loved to get them a lot
of things to put under the tree at Christmas, because it was just so much darn fun to watch them when they were little,
opening the
gifts and enjoying them,» said Davis, who lives in Mesa, Ariz..
Toys «R» Us Canada's vice-president
of marketing and store planning Clint Gaudry says its 82 Canadian stores will remain
open for business and the company will continue to honour its existing customer policies and baby registry,
gift card and loyalty point programs.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg topped the list
of US philanthropists who
opened their cheque books to make big donations in 2013, with his
gift of almost $ 1 billion to a Silicon Valley charity.
Within 24 hours
of someone accepting a job offer, Achievers sends a
gift (these days, it's a fruit basket) to make the employee feel welcome and to
open up a dialogue.
Gyft recently broke
open the number
of places you can spend Bitcoin by offering a host
of merchant
gift cards for Bitcoin.
The provincial government matched the
gift, and by the time
of the official
opening, more than 130 individuals and corporations had also contributed to the future
of the School and the building.
Some
of these
gift links will
open on different sites, but this window will stay
open so you can easily return to it to get the next
gift.
If you're eligible, you could receive a «
gift» (grant) from the state
of up to 3 percent
of your
opening mortgage balance.
Your legacy
gift to the Fraser Institute Foundation will help us educate future generations about public policies that support free and
open markets, individual choice, and personal responsibility, for the long - lasting prosperity
of all Canadians.
It is therefore no surprise that the Gianna Center, where a woman's fertility is recognized as a
gift and not a curse» something that indeed even that allows her, with her spouse, to collaborate with their Creator in the generation
of life»
opened with a waiting list
of over 150 patients.
Again, from Scruton: «[A] vow is a self - dedication, a
gift of oneself» —
open - ended in its commitment to a shared destiny between parties.
«But the entire concept
of trading
gifts,
of decking an evergreen tree with tinsel
of silver and gold and singing songs and roasting chestnuts on an
open fire, that's all taken, 100 %
of it.
Over the years, I have observed the bulk
of the Evangelical fleet drift — and then in desperation for some greater motivation, change fuels — from the
open - arms gasoline
of evangelism meetings, to the super-sparks
of charismatic
gifts, to the sluggish - diesel
of homogenized Biblical theology, to the stuttering - and - sparkle fuel
of Christian music, to the nitro - flamed - fuel
of hating gays, and now to the turbo - charged hatred
of illegal aliens at home and Muslims overseas.
From a theological standpoint, it is the pervasive sense
of gift which permeates both grief and guilt and
opens the triad
of grief, guilt,
gift to a glimpse
of the womb - love
of God.
When a man and woman unite in the Sacrament
of Matrimony, they have the
gift of possibly bringing life to the world as long as they remain
open to this covenant with God.
Just
Open the Door is a personal yes - you - can guide to offering the life - changing
gift of invitation.
Of the many contributions of this past pontificate, perhaps it was John Paul's opening up and developing the Second Vatican Council's understanding of the person as «gift» whichwill have the most lasting influenc
Of the many contributions
of this past pontificate, perhaps it was John Paul's opening up and developing the Second Vatican Council's understanding of the person as «gift» whichwill have the most lasting influenc
of this past pontificate, perhaps it was John Paul's
opening up and developing the Second Vatican Council's understanding
of the person as «gift» whichwill have the most lasting influenc
of the person as «
gift» whichwill have the most lasting influence.
What if you had simple ways to overcome those obstacles and lean into the
gift of opening your door?
«For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly
gift, and have become partakers
of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the good word
of God and the powers
of the age to come, if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son
of God, and put Him to an
open shame.»
They demand that every
gift purchased, every mall
opened late, every credit card maxed out must be done so in Jesus» name... or else Christ will be taken out
of Christmas.
In these times
of stress - in a society pressured on all sides, moving toward its breaking point - play can purify our sensibility, make us
open again to the
gifts of God's goodness which surround us.
Play can
open us to the
gifts of God's goodness.
He is ever beyond our natural understanding, but knowledge
of him is
open to all through the
gifts of faith, hope and love.
Hauerwas helped him to see children as a
gift from God, and to see that a properly Christian question is how we can be
open to receive the
gifts of life God might give.
Since there is only one God, idols are nothing; so long as the Christians offered thanksgiving to God for the meat, they could accept it without any qualms
of conscience, as a
gift from the hand
of the One who
opens His hand to satisfy the desires
of every living thing.
It was the beginning
of the Olympic Games, so I was still basking in the idealistic glow
of the
opening ceremonies, impressed by the commitment and talent
of the most
gifted competitors in the world, and awed by the staggering feats
of athleticism that appeared on my TV screen each night.
Indeed, perhaps we have found in the season's mood
of anticipation the first, even the best,
gift of Christmas, the one we get to
open early.
Many
of Bass's suggested activities for «
opening the
gift of time» are embedded within the shared activities
of communities, not all
of them Christian.
«God makes a
gift of revelation, not to the erudite theologians but to the uncouth, to the children, to those who, with filial spirit, are able to say Abba
opens the Kingdom» (Jeremias, 1974:142).
I consider this an ambiguous
gift: on the one hand, postmodern tendencies
open up spaces for the new perspectives and voices mentioned above; on the other hand, as the social critic Jane Flax notes, a hard - core kind
of postmodernity which would postulate the death
of history,
of the human being and
of metaphysics undermines the kind
of critical reason that is necessary to counter the «master narrative» constituted by capitalist globalization.
But once (within marriage) generosity has been fulfilled in a particular couple (which only they can determine in conscience), need «each and every act
of sexual intercourse» be
open to the
gift of children without destroying the symbolism
of the conjugal act as complete self -
gift to each other?
When morning finally arrives, the first hundred in line who suffered through the weather, the cold, and the line jumpers amongst themselves are all excited as the manager
of the store
opens the door and then address the crowd with simply wonderful news: They dug into their profits and managed to come up with enough
of the free
gift not only for everyone in line, not just the first 100, but everyone who wants to come in for the entire duration
of the sale.
Then, too, it will presumably be possible to leave it an
open question whether the history
of human descent as known to us does or does not possess features which only after the Fall
of the first man can be thought
of to some extent as a predominance
of his pre-human past and
of his environment, over a sensitivity to the world around him no longer protected by the
gift of integrity, and over his lack
of adaptation to a particular milieu.
The
gift of forgiveness brings new life and hope as it
opens up the individual to God's future, but at the same time forgiveness brings with it the sorrow
of confession and repentance.
However irreproachably I lived as a monk, I felt myself in the presence
of God to be a sinner with a most unquiet conscience... I did not love, indeed I hated this just God... I raged with a fierce and most agitated conscience and yet I continued to knock away at Paul in this place, thirsting ardently to know what he really meant... At last I began to understand the justice
of God as that by which the just man lives by the
gift of God, that is to say by faith... At this I felt myself to have been born again and to have entered through
open gates into paradise itself.6
Everyone is given the same
gift, some
of us have just
opened it up....
«You are my Son» was addressed to the king
of Israel, prototype
of the Messiah.14 «My beloved on whom my favor rests» is the Servant
of the Lord in the prophecy
of Isaiah.15 There the Servant is equipped for his task by the
gift of the Spirit, which is here symbolized by the
open heavens and the descent
of the dove.
The New Calvinism seeks to become less formal, and more
open to the use
of spiritual
gifts.
Thus in the marital act, spouses freely choose to instantiate their communion
of persons in one flesh
open to the
gift of life in and through an act in which their bodily activity is as much the constitutive subject
of what they are doing asis their act
of choice.
We give water, McDonald's
gift cards for $ 5 each (a great place to go in the early morning cold for a cup
of coffee), sleeping bags, socks, easy to
open / no preparation required food, and small SUNSCREEN packets!
All this is absurd, but contracepting couples contradict their own vows in a similar way when they refuse to be
open to the
gift of life.
Here's some more Christian language terms for you; This secular article is demonically charged to turn - off others who might be
open to receiving the Lord's
gift of eternal life.
I only ask The Lord Almighty to
open your heart as you have lot
of potential
gifts the you can help other human...