We both cried,
overwhelmed by the knowledge we had so little time to live this love out this side of eternity.
Not exact matches
German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer acknowledged this reality in Life Together: Just as surely as God desires to lead us to a
knowledge of genuine Christian fellowship, so surely must we be
overwhelmed by a great disillusionment with others, with Christians in general, and, if we are fortunate, with ourselves.
The quotation captures the noble project of the book in this way: «The old Catholic religion - culture of Europe is dead... the inheritance of classical culture... has been destroyed,
overwhelmed by a vast influx of new
knowledge,
by the scientific mass civilisation of the modern world.
Just as God desires to lead us to a
knowledge or genuine Christian fellowship, so surely must we be
overwhelmed by a great disillusionment with others, with Christians in general, and if we are fortunate, with ourselves.
There is a small percentage of people fixed on Bible
knowledge (typically fundamentalists), but,
by far, the
overwhelming number of people are embarrassingly ignorant of Scripture.
The
overwhelming feeling of my road blocked
by tons of
knowledge that I thought I needed.
These take on such significance in a world where we are
overwhelmed by an incredulous array of new
knowledge and discoveries, of new comforts but also of new misery and suffering, and where we are confronted
by incalculable demands upon our commitment and goodwill.
They will tell you that all their
knowledge about babies was not enough to keep them from being
overwhelmed by their own babies.
I don't believe the emotions felt
by mothers who don't breastfeed or who wean early are as simple as «guilt»: when we really examine mothers» feelings about things gone wrong, it is rarely guilt that they are expressing, especially about not breastfeeding or not breastfeeding as long or as completely as they would have liked to: well informed mothers who reach for the bottle after a struggle with breastfeeding know they have done the best they could with the resources they had at the time (health, energy,
knowledge, support)-- these mothers may feel deeply sad and disappointed, they may be grieving, but guilt isn't an appropriate label for these
overwhelming feelings of loss for themselves and their babies.
«I had the honour — and the privilege — of meeting him on several occasions, and I was always
overwhelmed by his dedication to football, his
knowledge of the game and humility.
This partnership between the Erie County Clerk's Office, the WNY Law Center and Columbia Law School is the first of its kind, applying the skillset and
knowledge of the law students, to provide additional support, resources and information to smaller municipalities otherwise
overwhelmed by the complicated process of identifying responsible parties for maintaining vacant properties.
«Makarfi was in Kaduna when he was called upon to take this assignment being a two term governor, two term Senator and someone who has a good
knowledge of the party, so he is not contesting any position with any body, it is the party decision as taken
by the
overwhelming stakeholders in Port Harcourt then,» he emphasised.
«I had always been the youngest or second - youngest member of my research team, and I was
overwhelmed by the depth and breadth of my lab mates»
knowledge of their fields,» says Germain.
By contrast, studies of tests developed by teachers have found that the overwhelming majority of the questions were created to tap the lowest of Bloom's taxonomic categories: knowledge of terms, facts, or principle
By contrast, studies of tests developed
by teachers have found that the overwhelming majority of the questions were created to tap the lowest of Bloom's taxonomic categories: knowledge of terms, facts, or principle
by teachers have found that the
overwhelming majority of the questions were created to tap the lowest of Bloom's taxonomic categories:
knowledge of terms, facts, or principles.
A lack of equipment, subject
knowledge and training often leave teachers feeling
overwhelmed by the curriculum and the subject can lag.
It would be great if all new teachers could come in with that sort of
knowledge, able to start off without being
overwhelmed by everything and anything.
Climate
knowledge is growing rapidly now and while there still remain some interesting challenges to the status quo on certain points (for example, exactly how it is that CO ₂ and CH ₄ started rising some 5000 years ago, if not
by human impacts, or how it is that humans
overwhelmed expected gradual declines and added enough to achieve those rises that far back) that need further research... the very conservative consensus, which must be conservative
by its nature since it takes time for consensus to develop as further research helps to close gaps and remove or improve assumptions, is always playing catch - up it seems.
All of the
overwhelming chatter and self - manufactured angst that I had been ruminating over in my effort to deliver solutions was silenced
by the
knowledge that real life trumps everything.
I am almost
overwhelmed by the amount of information available and the amount of
knowledge needed to be successful in Real Estate Investing.