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Confessions oor kerkwees

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“I turn sentences around. That’s my life. I write a sentence and then I turn it around. Then I look at it and I turn it around again. Then I have lunch. Then I come back in and write another sentence. Then I have tea and turn the new sentence around. Then I read the two sentences over and turn them both around. Then I lie down on my sofa and think. Then I get up and throw them out and start from the beginning. And if I knock off from this routine for as long as a day, I’m frantic with boredom and a sense of waste.”

Truth
Book:The Ghost Writer
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“To deny temporal succession, to deny the self, to deny the astronomical universe, are measures of apparent despair and of secret consolation. Our destiny (in contrast to Swedenborg's hell and the hell of Tibetan mythology) is not frightful because it is unreal; it is frightful because it is irreversible and ironbound. Time is the substance of which I am made. Time is a river which sweeps me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger which mangles me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire which consumes me, but I am the fire. The world, unfortunately, is real; I, unfortunately, am Borges.”

SelfRealityTimeSufferingPerception
Book:A Personal Anthology
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“I want to clear up any misunderstanding about suffering in the kingdom of God. Suffering for Jesus has been wrongly associated with things such as cancer, tragic events, and the like. I don't believe this is the type of suffering God called us to endure. These things happen and God can work for good in such events, but the true biblical suffering to which Paul refers (Romans 5:3-4) is different. Godly suffering involves one key critical ingredient - a heart willing to do the will of God no matter the consequences. If you do the will of God, you will suffer. That is biblical suffering. The other things I mentioned are a result of a fallen world caused by human sin. However, the biblical suffering that leads to character and hope is caused by our obedience to God's will.”

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Author:Sion Alford
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