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The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (Gottman)
  • criticism
  • contempt
  • defensiveness
  • withdrawal
Behold, what I have seen to be good and fitting is to eat and drink and find enjoyment in all the toil with which one toils under the sun the few days of his life that God has given him, for this is his lot. Everyone also to whom God has given wealth and possessions and power to enjoy them, and to accept his lot and rejoice in his toil—this is the gift of God. For he will not much remember the days of his life because God keeps him occupied with joy in his heart.
- Ecc 5:18+

Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for
the other person to die.
-Malachi McCourt

Freedom isn't being able to have whatever we crave.
Freedom is going without whatever we crave and being fine with it.
- Rob Bell

“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be enslaved by anything.
- I Cor 6:12

If you're not prepared to look stupid, nothing great is ever going to happen, right?
- from House, MD

Our cause is never more
in danger, than
when
a human, no longer desiring, but
intending, to do our Enemy's will,
looks round upon a universe from which
every trace of Him seems to have vanished,
and
asks why he has been forsaken,
and
still obeys.
-C.S.Lewis, Screwtape Letters, chapter 8

For it is not an enemy who taunts me—
then I could bear it;
it is not an adversary who deals insolently with me—
then I could hide from him.
But it is you, a man, my equal,
my companion, my familiar friend.
We used to take sweet counsel together;
within God's house we walked in the throng.
-Ps 55:12-14

As a deer pants for flowing streams,
so pants my soul for you, O God.
My soul thirsts for God,
for the living God.
When shall I come and appear before God?
My tears have been my food
day and night,

while they say to me all the day long,
“Where is your God?”

These things I remember,
as I pour out my soul:
how I would go with the throng
and lead them in procession to the house of God
with glad shouts and songs of praise,
a multitude keeping festival.
-Ps 42:1-4

Behold, how good and pleasant it is
when brothers dwell in unity!
It is like the precious oil on the head,
running down on the beard,
on the beard of Aaron,
running down on the collar of his robes!
It is like the dew of Hermon,
which falls on the mountains of Zion!
For there the Lord has commanded the blessing,
life forevermore.
-Ps 133:1-3

A good wife is a comfort, a good dagger a blessing, and a good mount a necessity.
-Arab saying

Do not fear, for I am with you;
Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God
I will strengthen you, surely I will help you,
Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.
- Is 41:10

Therefore, brethren, since we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, His flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God,
let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful; and
let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds,
not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but
encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near.
/Heb 10:19-25

Fret not yourself because of evildoers;
be not envious of wrongdoers!
For they will soon fade like the grass
and wither like the green herb.
Trust in the Lord, and do good;
dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness.
Delight yourself in the Lord,
and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Commit your way to the Lord;
trust in him, and he will act.
He will bring forth your righteousness as the light,
and your justice as the noonday.
Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him;
fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way,
over the man who carries out evil devices!
-Ps 37:1-7

Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and give no opportunity to the devil.
-Eph 5:26,27

How precious is your steadfast love, O God!
The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings.
They feast on the abundance of your house,
and you give them drink from the river of your delights.
For with you is the fountain of life;
in your light do we see light.
Oh, continue your steadfast love to those who know you,
and your righteousness to the upright of heart!
Let not the foot of arrogance come upon me,
nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.
-Ps 36:7-11

Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.
- I Cor 9:6-8

In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express.
-Rom 8:26

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
- Douglas Adams

With peace at home, one can be satisfied with only a little.
- Yiddish saying

I adore the simple pleasures, they are the last refuge of the complex.
- Oscar Wilde

Man will have to render an account to God for all the good things which his eyes beheld but which he refused to enjoy.
- Rabbi Abba Aricha (c. 175-247), Jerusalem Talmud, Qiddushim 4:12

...whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him. /Heb 11:6

I have this strange appreciation for riding in the black hat darkness on a lonely, rural road in the wee hours before dawn. When your vision is limited to the narrow tunnel of a single headlight and you can only guess if the road runs through mountains, fields or cliffs your imagination creates images of the worst kinds of monsters ready to jump out at you (deer!). Add near-freezing temperatures, rain and a stuttering engine and you have the makings of a first class “he never returned” story. And then the euphoria of first light!

It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife,
but every fool will be quarreling.
/Proverbs 20:3



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