“As a believer, I know that Jesus Christ has a plan and it's not going to be my plan. It's not always succeeding and looking back it's amazing looking back to see how God works in mysterious ways, not always good ways, rough ways but those rough times, those rough patches, and those swamps and all those things that I went through are looking back, were such an incredible life lessons for me not only to shape and build me as an athlete but most importantly, my character as a person.” KnowsWayPersonsCharacterJesusChristPlansLessonsShapesSucceedJesus ChristIncrediblesAthleteBelieverMysteriousRoughLife LessonLooking BackPatchesGood WayRough TimesSwampsGod Works In Mysterious WaysMysterious WaysRough Patches Author:Jennie Finch
“Many there are who, not comprehending, not being affected with, that divine, spiritual description of the person of Christ which is given us by the Holy Ghost in the Scripture, do feign unto themselves false representations of him by images and pictures, so as to excite carnal and corrupt affections in their minds. By the help of their outward senses, they reflect on their imaginations the shape of a human body, cast into postures and circumstances dolorous or triumphant; and so, by the working of their fancy, raise a commotion of mind in themselves, which they suppose to be love unto Christ.” MindHumansPersonsHelpingBodySpiritualGivenChristImaginationDivineCircumstancesHolyShapesRaisesCastsAffectionScriptureSensesGhostFancyDescriptionAffectedRepresentationHuman BodyHoly GhostPostureTriumphantComprehending Book:The Person of Christ Source: The Person of Christ
“I cannot conceive of a greater wounding of the heart of Christ than to pay reverence to anything in the shape of a cross, or to bow before a crucifix!” HeartChristPayGreaterShapesCrossesReverenceBows Book:The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 44: Sermons 2549-2602 Source: The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 44: Sermons 2549-2602
“We become what we love and who we love shapes what we become. If we love things, we become a thing. If we love nothing, we become nothing. Imitation is not a literal mimicking of Christ, rather it means becoming the image of the beloved, an image disclosed through transformation. This means we are to become vessels of God's compassionate love for others.” IfsLoveMeanChristianChristBecomingShapesTransformationBelovedCompassionateImitationVesselLiteralPassionate LoveChristian LoveMimickingCompassionate Love Author:Clare of Assisi