Sentences with phrase «than the joy of»

«How to Cook Everything» by Mark Bitman has great recipes that I find more interesting than joy of cooking, although i think «joy» has better directions for basics - like how to hard boil an egg.

Menh we really need to come up with a plan to oust this deluded, sad, pathetic man with nothing to live for, other than the joy of constantly reminding us how pride and lust for power can drive someone crazy.

Though more often than not these days I would rather be watching Sunday leaguers slogging it out down at the local park for little more than the joy of the game and competition, I found myself fixated, along with millions of other world citizens, at the unfolding spectacle that is, and has become, El Clasico.

There's nothing better than the joy of giving the perfect gift.

Her personal belief is that «There is no greater joy in this world than the joy of being a mother».

«There is no better feeling than the joy of seeing all those empty cages, because that means that all the animals in our care have found forever homes,» she said.

FEW things feel better than the joy of helping rehome a lost or homeless pet into a new forever home.

It's a thankless task, and one that rarely reaps any rewards other than the joy of seeing that little «downloads» counter inch slowly upward.

Not exact matches

For Candace, it's less about going out and getting joy than it is about figuring out where moments of joy already exist in our daily lives.

«The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.»

The joy of memory and experiences is much stronger than the short thrill of buying nice stuff.

There was a lot of money made on residential property sales around Australia in the June quarter, but the joy wasn't spread around evenly, with more than 10 per cent of all houses and about 20 per cent of all units sold in Western Australia during the quarter selling at a loss.

As science suggests, those memories are bound to make you happier than you expect, but Rubin also notes that «we tend to write down the happier things,» which also focuses the mind on the positive aspects of life, boosting joy with very little effort.

On any journey, you have times of joy and more than a few setbacks.

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«The joy of being able to turn over the keys to my son and his family... that's the fulfillment of a different dream than we had when we bought,» Pfiel admits.

I choose to live life to the fullest through joy of discovering His «art» like fractals, birth, consciousness, seasons, animals, the «mighty deep» thanks to a Creator rather than accidental and inconsequential life, while hanging in the perfect orbit between burning up and freezing, complete with the earth's own washing machine, the ocean, which cycles on accidental moon power.

Then wake up and do something more, than dream of your mansions on high, doing good is a pleasure, a joy beyond measure a service of duty and love.»

More important than all else, however, he hid from no one the joy God had offered him through the rediscovery (when he was approaching 33 years of age) of his Catholic faith, leading to his first communion and confirmation a mere 9 years ago.

Our presence expressed, better than words, the power of love that unites us in our sorrows and in our joys.

There's little more important than «welcoming» our children — enjoying life together, imparting a sense of wonder and joy, appreciating every moment.

Rather than a means of removing suffering, prayer (and today I would add, meditation) seems to me to be a practice which can assist in navigating the inevitable challenges and sorrows of our lives, and act as a vehicle for thoughtfully reflecting on the joys and goodness we experience in an attitude of thankfulness.

For once he is made to shiver with a nameless longing, to listen at last for something other than cocktail chatter, and to recall his rare moments of beauty and joy.

Few things bless a church more than the precious gift of leaders who serve together in unity for the joy of their people.

It is written that God would rather have lost one of His sheep and found it again, then to never have lost Him at all, Meaning It is very easy in this world now more than ever to lose sight of God and your faith, we all sin even the most devote christian, But coming back to our faith and our christian ways after losing it is something that brings God joy..

Now as the soul is more excellent than the body, and admits of far greater joy, so this spiritual union brings in more astonishing delights and ravishments than any other marriage relationship is capable of.

Thus, because the ultimate objective, the totality to which my nature is attuned has been made manifest to me, the powers of my being begin spontaneously to vibrate in accord with a single note of incredible richness wherein I can distinguish the most discordant tendencies effortlessly resolved: the excitement of action and the delight of passivity: the joy of possessing and the thrill of reaching out beyond what one possesses; the pride in growing and the happiness of being lost in what is greater than oneself.

For what exhilarates us human creatures more than freedom, more than the glory of achievement, is the joy of finding and surrendering to a Beauty greater than man, the rapture of being possessed.

And in return, the people who serve and help others gain a sense of satisfaction, significance, and joy, because they have done something more with their lives than sign their name on a check.

I guess that C.S. Lewis — here at least — spoke of pleasure rather than of Christian happiness which, of course, can not be found in any outwardly oriented religion if we are not indwelt by the Holy Spirit who gives us love, joy, peace, and much more (Gal 5:22 - 23).

We believed our feelings and our circumstances had to obey our carefully curated version of the Word of God: we are more than overcomers, the joy of the Lord is our strength, death has no sting.

Those moments of corded pain and joy and helplessness and power revealed more to me about the Incarnation than any book I could have read.

According to Christian faith, this inner life of the spirit is more vital to human nature than the body because it is here that our desires, hopes, aspirations, joys and sorrows, motives, and ideals are located.

It's a joy, not a burden, and most of us get so much more back than we ever give.

Ninety - Nine Stories of Godby joy williamstin house, 168 pages, $ 19.95 Joy Williams has often been celebrated, but it seems safe to say that her prose is more feared than loved.

True, the sanctification process of Christianity is much more difficult than living for yourself; however, resting in the salvation / justification / presence of God benefits of Christianity brings joy.

But even more important than this testimony to what will inevitably prove to be a temporary intensity of joy is the institutional structure that seems to be emerging.

«9 Jesus made the same point sharply in his parable of the lost sheep: «I tell you there will be greater joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety - nine righteous people who do not need to repent» (Luke 15:7).

«the simple suggestion that Jesus appears to be the supreme symbol furnished to us by history of the notion of a God genuinely and literally sympathetic (incomparably more literally than any man ever is), receiving into his own experience the suffering as well as the joys of the world.»

While this certainly brought him comfort «he had chosen to stay in his room rather than die in the hospital «it also brought comfort, joy, and faith to those of us in the piazza.

And Hartshorne does just that: «The eminent form of sympathetic dependence can only apply to deity; for this form can not be less than an omniscient sympathy, which depends upon and is exactly colored by every nuance of joy or sorrow anywhere in the world (DR 48).

why should man hold a grudge to God when He offers a life of joy... I have never meet a person who lives with joy other than a redeemed follower of Christ!

A disembodied Word expressed in creedal statements, which were constructed to defend orthodoxy against heresy rather than proclaim the faith, will not communicate the joy and redemptive power of the gospel.

The joy and relief I get from walking with God and the freedom from guilt and condemnation I sometimes experience are far greater than any pursuit of what I believe is my natural state.

And, the more we try to control the more likely we are to live in complete rebellion to the one who is in control, who has all things in His hands and who constantly calls us to surrender to Him so that we can experience the joy of living under HIS Sovereignty rather than having to constantly discover that we have none of our own!

But if we understand God's «glory» as precisely the divine Love - in - act, with its rejoicing in the joys and its sorrowing with the sadness of God's human children — indeed the glory which is nothing other than the divine generosity, gracious welcome, and unfailing faithfulness in mercy and forgiveness, then the phrase is rich in meaning.

For one thing, though it may enable the individual to achieve the heights of momentary ecstasy, it robs him in return of the ineffable joys of union and conscious loss of self in that which is greater than self: the element burns up all its future in a flying spark.

This amounts to saying that, in every sphere, faith or the lack of faith means no more and is no more controllable than a tendency of the spirit towards sadness or joy, music or geometry.

Bin Laden has been a public enemy for more than 30 years, he is the one responsible for over thousands of deaths, so people should not be blamed for their excitement and joy, however people should be more careful about their overreactions and the possible consequences.

Feeling connected to something greater than ourselves is one of the greatest joys we can have.