“Here, then, is a simple rule of thumb for all of us to apply: If the words of Jesus challenge something I believe or challenge the way I live, the problem is not with Jesus. The problem is with me. Charles Spurgeon expressed this in broader, scriptural terms when he said, “If there is any verse that you would like left out of the Bible, that is the verse that ought to stick to you, like a blister, until you really attend to its teaching.”31” IfsWayBelieveSaidProblemJesusLeftI BelieveTermChallengesSimpleTeachingOughtSticksVersesThumbsLeft OutBlistersSpurgeon Book:Hyper-Grace Source: Hyper-Grace
“I think it's important to keep mantras fresh (sometimes the same verse can get stale). That being said, I love this powerful statement: 'Define yourself.' I rehearsed it a million times during the 2005 Chicago Marathon [her first win].” ThinkingFirstsSaidImportantSometimesWinningPowerfulMillionsStatementsChicagoVersesMarathonMantrasStaleDefine Yourself Author:Deena Kastor
“Natural, hell! What was it Chaucer Said once about the long toil that goes like blood to the poems making? Leave it to nature and the verse sprawls, Limp as bindweed, if it break at all Life's iron crust Man, you must sweat And rhyme your guts taut, if you'd build Your verse a ladder.” IfsMenLongSaidNaturalBreakHellBloodGutsIronSweatVersesRhymeToilLaddersChaucer Book:Collected Poems: 1945-1990 R.S.Thomas: Collected Poems : R S Thomas Source: Collected Poems: 1945-1990 R.S.Thomas: Collected Poems : R S Thomas