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10/13/2025 – “Faith is not an instinct. It certainly is not a feeling — feelings don’t help much when you’re in the lions’ den or hanging on a wooden Cross.” Elizabeth Elliott (1926 – 2015) – bio link below

https://www.museumofthebible.org/magazine/exhibitions/through-gates-of-splendor-the-elisabeth-elliot-story

Soli Deo Gloria indeed!

10/08/2025 – “The destined end of man is not happiness, nor health, but holiness. God’s one aim is the production of saints. He is not an eternal blessing machine for men; he did not come to save men out of pity; he came to save men because he had created them to be holy.” Oswald Chambers from “My Utmost for His Highest” daily devotional (Comment below)

I’ve noted this before: Priorities for us for the remainder of our life in this world, just a relative breath, literally the mathematically limit approaching -0- in length as …

10/02/2022 – BabylonBee: “7 most terrifying consequences of a government shutdown.”

https://babylonbee.com/news/7-most-terrifying-consequences-of-a-government-shutdown

09/28/2025 – “I do not try, Lord, to attain Your lofty heights, because my understanding is in no way equal to it.  But I do desire to understand Your truth a little, that truth that my heart believes and loves.  For I do not seek to understand so that I may believe; but I believe so that I may understand.  For I believe this also, that ‘unless I believe, I shall not understand.'” Saint Anselm (A.D. 1033-1109)- “Proslogian” – Chapter One /

https://www.anselmsociety.org/blog/2021/7/25/who-is-anselm

Soli Deo Gloria!

09/03/2025 – “If honor were profitable, everybody would be honorable.” Thomas More (by way of “thepourover.com”)

Soli Deo Gloria!

08/31/2029 – “The Lord is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid?” (Psalm 27:1)

Soli Deo Gloria!

08/30/2025 – “I want a relationship with the Abba of Jesus, who is infinitely compassionate with my brokenness and at the same time an awesome, incomprehensible, and unwieldy Mystery.” // “Ruthless Trust – The Ragamuffin’s Path to God” by Brennan Manning. (“Trusting Jesus” chapter – pg. # 107) / fyi – originally posted on 08/07/23.

Soli Deo Gloria!