I'm not really sure of how this could work but i believe am honest Kind and gentle, i believe in showing love and affection to one another, especially to
those who love me in return regardless of race, creed or gender, i guess... read more
Travers, meanwhile, wants to honor her father (Colin Farell in numerous flashbacks), an alcoholic banker she dearly loved and
who loved her in return during her childhood in Australia.
Not exact matches
Iranian exiles,
who in many cases emigrated with great wealth (and
in others acquired it abroad along with considerable political influence) would
love to be able to
return home.
Is there a new mom
who's just
returned from maternity leave
who has admitted she would
love to be around her newborn a little more
in these early days?
«He's an egomaniac devoid of all moral sense» ---- said the society woman dressing for a charity bazaar,
who dared not contemplate what means of self - expression would be left to her and how she would impose her ostentation on her friends, if charity were not the all - excusing virtue ---- said the social worker
who had found no aim
in life and could generate no aim from within the sterility of his soul, but basked
in virtue and held an unearned respect from all, by grace of his fingers on the wounds of others ---- said the novelist
who had nothing to say if the subject of service and sacrifice were to be taken away from him,
who sobbed
in the hearing of attentive thousands that he
loved them and
loved them and would they please
love him a little
in return ---- said the lady columnist
who had just bought a country mansion because she wrote so tenderly about the little people ---- said all the little people
who wanted to hear of
love, the great
love, the unfastidious
love, the
love that embraced everything, forgave everything, and permitted everything ---- said every second - hander
who could not exist except as a leech on the souls of others.»
The final message here is that people seek to
return to
love by reaching out to those
who loved them or those
who they wished
loved them and that they reach out
in death to either ask for forgiveness or bestow forgiveness for wrongs done to them.
Like the weary sailor, the refugee from wreck and storm,
who escapes half «dead, and then,
in terror, shudders with dread at the very mention of the name of the «sea»;
who swears he'll never sail again,
who raves he'll stay home, even on the calmest days, but then,
in time, forgets his fearful ways, and seeks, again, his fortune above the waves; I, too, have barely escaped the storms that revolve around you, my
love, traveling far away, vowing to avoid another catastrophe, but I can't; the thought of you breaks my resolve, and so, I
return to where, on that fateful day, Inearly drowned
in your tempestuous sea.
There are those
who will never give Him anything
in return, yet He lavishes His
love on them still.
What's wrong with the church when folks like Shane Claiborne
who have reputations for
loving their enemies, giving without expecting anything
in return, and withholding judgment can't get speaking gigs because of their «questionable» theological positions?
Strange now is the fact that before I lost my first tooth or learned to ride a bike or graduated from kindergarten, I committed my life to a man
who asked his followers to
love their enemies, to give without expecting anything
in return, and to face public execution if necessary.
With carefully chosen words and images charged with first - century political meaning, he constantly reminded his followers that they were to be a set - apart people, a people
who lived counter-culturally by
loving their enemies, praying for those
who persecuted them, lending without expecting anything
in return, and surrendering allegiance to a crucified and risen Lord.
All noteworthy quests» from the persistent and annoying neighbor
in the New Testament
who knocks on the door for bread
in the middle of the night (and serves as one model for how we should pray) to Homer's Odysseus,
who seeks to
return home» have something
in common: They know what they want and
love, and they shape their lives to the pursuit of it.
I appreciate all the comments and interaction I have been getting recently on my posts, and wanted to share some
love in return with those of you
who are commenting, and some of the other blogs I read around the internet.
Why should a gay man or woman still repent, and
return to God and his Church, when the secular society becomes a kind of pseudo-church where gays can be «happy» despite the absence of God's presence
who is life and cure
in himself (the great benefit of the true Church is the presence of God there
who is life, cure and
love in himself; the presence of God
in the church causes real happiness)?
I'm surrounded by family
who love me and I
love them
in return.
Similarly, parents
who take upon themselves responsibility for children may reasonably hope for the joys of affection
returned and pride
in healthy growth and worthy achievement, but the obligation to
love and care for their young holds whether or not these legitimate desires are fulfilled.
Therefore on the one hand they call Him the Object of
Love and Yearning as being Beautiful and Good, and on the other they call Him Yearning and
Love as being a Motive - Power leading all things to Himself,
Who is the only ultimate Beautiful and Good — yea, as being His own Self - Revelation and the Bounteous Emanation of His own Transcendent Unity, a Motion of Yearning simple, self - moved, self - acting, pre-existent
in the Good, and overflowing from the Good into creation, and once again
returning to the Good.6
To be united to Christ means to be the object of His
love in laying down His life for His friends, and
in return to
love Him, to trust and obey Him, and to
love all those
who belong to Him.
He wants to allay the fear of those
who expected, as he did, the early
return of the Lord, yet
in this time of waiting their
loved ones had died.
«But I say to you
who hear,
love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you... Love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for He Himself is kind to ungrateful and evil
love your enemies, do good to those
who hate you, bless those
who curse you, pray for those
who mistreat you...
Love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for He Himself is kind to ungrateful and evil
Love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing
in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for He Himself is kind to ungrateful and evil men.
Life that posits, affirms, and defends all we believe
in and hold dear —
loving justice and tenderness against all attempts by the Enemy,
who always appears as an angel of light, to wipe them out and
return the world to the power of death, to the anarchy of «might makes right» and «only the fittest deserve to survive.»
Lastly, a
loving god would take away free will from those
who would willingly surrender it
in return for a life without suffering.
From Julian of Norwich we learn we are made for
love, to bring joy to God because God
loves us, to be
loved by the God
who delights
in us, and to
love God and God's world and God's creatures and take a deep delight
in them
in return.
The fact is, we are made for
love, to bring joy to God because God
loves us, to be
loved by the God
who delights
in us, and to
love God and God's world and God's creatures and take a deep delight
in them
in return.
Also islam believes that if you do not follow the prophet mohammed and his teachings that you are not a true follower of god and deserve punishment for such «crimes» Meanwhile christians are just simply waiting for jesus to
return and believe that when that happens god will pass his judgement on the earth and we all will die and only those
who are worthy of gods
love will ascend to heaven and that those
who do not believe
in christ (
who also happens to be gods only son
in their eyes) will spend eternity
in hell for their non-belief.
But the young man rubbed his eyes as if he had just woke up, and he looked towards the rays of the sun, and won the consideration of all
who now had turned their attention to him; for he no longer showed himself licentious, nor did he stare madly about, but he had
returned to his own self, as thoroughly as if he had been treated with drugs; and he gave up his dainty dress and summery garments and the rest of his sybaritic way of life, and he fell
in love with the austerity of the philosophers, and donned their cloak, and stripping off his old self modeled his life
in future upon that of Apollonius.
«So let us bear witness of the
love of these poor — for
in reality,
in this form they are none other than the heavenly king
who does not squander our gifts but
returns them to us a hundredfold.
God
loves those
who hate Him or do not believe
in Him and patiently waits until all of creation
returns to Him.
The same idea is paralled
in Luke 6:32 - 35 where the emphasis is on
loving our enemies and those
who can not
return the favor.
But when someone
loves from their strengths, they know
who they are and are drawing from a deep, full well to give to you without demanding a drink
in return.
At the same time, I became intrigued by a group of Kate's new friends
who were missionaries looking after drug addicts, giving
love but seemingly getting nothing
in return.
In the Surah of the Family of Imran, for example, God puts believers on guard against those
who do not
return their
love, that is unbelievers amongst the People of the Book, Jews and Christians.
I am sure that only those
who have come to some such awakening, because they have been deeply
loved and because
in some strange fashion they have been enabled to
love in return, can ever understand what Christian prayer is really about.
The reason God did this is because if God wanted real relationship with His creatures, ones He could
love and
who could
love Him
in return, there was no other way to do it.
In awaiting his
return they anticipate the coming of no finite and passing being, but of one
who represents the victory of life over death, of
love over evil.
You are a talented man
who loves deeply a church that has not always
loved you
in return.
Then He shall speak to them
in His wrath, and distress them
in His deep displeasure...» Psalm 2: 1 - 5 The continuining rebellion against God
who is full of
love, mercy and kindness, by all nations, increasingly
in America, will result
in Him dealing with us
in redemptive chastistment / judgment so we
return to His
loving bosom.
I pray that you would stop hating the One that
loves you most and cursing the One
who gave His life for you and wants nothing
in return.
Lent
returns us to the power of the word of the cross, to what St. Paul described
in Galatians 2:20: «I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I
who live, but Christ
who lives
in me; and the life I now live
in the flesh I live by faith
in the Son of God,
who loved me and gave himself for me.»
While Jesus» name won't appear on the ballot this fall, I imagine that every time I care for the poor, attempt to live more simply, turn the other cheek, and
love my enemies, I'm casting a vote for Jesus,
who will one day
return to rule His Kingdom
in person.
God knows that those of us
who love Him, are so grateful for all that he has given to us, that when we get to heaven, we want to be able to give Him something
in return.
I appreciate all the comments I received recently on my posts, and wanted to share some
love in return with those of you
who are commenting.
In humility, the pious believer shall not
return evil for evil, but forgive those
who hate and persecute him, and also
love sinners.
To the Wonder follows the relationship of Frenchwoman Marina (Olga Kurylenko) and American Neil (Ben Affleck),
who fall
in love in Paris and then
return to Neil's American home along with Marina's young daughter.
This is a player that the manager treats specially, giving him all the necessary support even when he is below par but yet he wants to
return to a man that blasted him
in front of his team - mates and one
who won't tolerate his inconsistencies... Why??? Does it mean these players appreciate or
love a ruthless manager more than they a gentle and loyal one?
Whilst we would all
love a Lewandowski or aguero
in our side it is simply not plausible,
in Giroud we have someone
who scores consistently, every year he will score 16/17 a season, this is not a bad
return.
It is also about honour and a classy way of doing things, including playing it's heart out for the lifeblood that keeps it — and all clubs — alive; the fans, US
who love and truly care, not the conmen
who take money out of it and give little or nothing
in return.
He
loves the city, and residents
who come
in direct contact with him
return that passion.
Plenty of clubs would
love to have him
in their side, particularly a team like United,
who have struggled offensively for much of the season, as shown by their paltry
return of 39 Premier League goals.
As time went on Gagliardini
returned to the dominant midfielder we know and
love and
in the 36th minute he dropped a perfect long ball over the top to Candreva
who held off Mattia De Sciglio to power the ball across Gianluigi Donnarumma and into the back of the net.