updated 12/5/03
“Thomas Merton was right when he said that man is not at peace with his fellow man b/c he is not at peace with himself. And he is not at peace with himself because he is not at peace with God.” – norman geisler
“But man’s love for God, from the very nature of the case, must always be very largely, and must often be entirely, a Need-love…it ought to be growing-awareness that our whole being by its very nature is one vast need; incomplete, preparatory, empty yet cluttered, crying out for Him who can untie things that are now knotted together and tie up things that are still dangling loose.” – c.s. lewis
“Man approaches God most nearly when he is in one sense least like God. For what can be more unlike than fullness and need, sovereignty and humility, righteousness and penitence, limitless power and a cry for help? – c.s. lewis
“When love is shallow, the heart is empty, but if the sacrifice of love is understood, one can drink deeply from its cup and be completely fulfilled. The more one consumes selfishly, the more wretched & impoverished one becomes”- norman geisler
“It seems to be human nature to be tough on others as well as ourselves, feeling that we or they fail to live up to some standard. If we could, just for a moment, see others and ourselves as our creator sees us: compassion for the prostitute, befriending the tax collector, loving the leper and the thief on the cross…
“today you’ll be with me in
paradise.” To God, everyone is someone. –newsboys
As Mark Twain said, “Everyone is a moon and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody. We are afraid to be transparent and vulnerable, afraid to admit that we have a weakness or a need.”
"we can rest contentedly in our sins and our stupidities and everyone who has watched gluttons shovel in down the most esquisite food as they did not know what they were eating."
"Their way of fighting back is to have enough fun to kill themselves before everything else does" - teenage wasteland Donna Gaines
"as real as this rock is, God is"
"it's impossible to fall in love with what you imagine someone is like, yet never see him or her for who they really are"
"you ask these questions b/c y9ou yourself long to meet your soul's match. don't pretend i don't know you child. you have your first mother's eyes. they looked just like yours do now when she was longing for the Garden. you want to run through time and glimpse at that first meeting. you want to know how you'll know him. but you need not fret."
"he reached out and with both hands lifted her head so her eyes looked into his. 'My dearl child, what you must try to see is that nothing has changed. when the maker brings you your husband, you'll be aware that it was He who made you for each other and He who planned your meeting. And in that moment, just as we did, you'll want to sing a song of praise to Him"
"I like to think that the relationship between wisdom and romance is like the one between a string and a kite. Romantic love is kite that catches the wind and tenaciously heads for the sky, wisdom is the string that tugs downward holding it back. the tension is real but healthy."
"in the same way, romance w/out wisdom will soon take a nosedive. it becomes selfish, indulgent, and even idolatrous. have you been in a relationship like this? have you witnessed such a relationship in the life of a friend? what was it missing. the answer is wisdom."
"It's not enough to simply have romantic feelings. anyone can do that! long-lasting romance needs practical, commonsense wisdom that knows when to let the wind of feelings carry us higher and when to pull back, when to express our emotions and when to keep quiet. when to open our hearts and when to rein them in."
"the girl is not perfect...you're not perfect ...what's important is that her imperfections match your imperfections and that's what make you perfect for each other"
"In this world today, love is scarce and far away, and your heart gets so afraid, to trust someone..."
"Don't let me fall for you in the beginning, if in the end you won't be there to pick up the pieces that you've broken"
"I miss you when something really good happens, because you're the only one I want to share it with. I miss you when something is troubling me, because you're the only one who understands me so well. I miss you when I laugh and cry, because I know that you are the one that makes my laughter grow and my tears disappear. I miss you all the time, but I miss you most when I lay awake at night and think of all the wonderful times that we spent with each other for those were some of the best and most memorable times of my life."
if you would onlee treat me right/i'd stay here by your side/but i am down to my last cry/so i'm leaving you goodbye/you turned away from opportunities/to sit and talk it thru/and now when i say i'm leaving you/you have so much to prove" tomorrow-brandy
"tonight i saw a shooting star*^~made me wonder where you are...i wonder if you're thinking of me too/i pray that God will bring you to me
I pray that you will find me, waiting faithfully/faithfully I am yours, for now until forever..../cause this kind of love is worth waiting for/no matter how long it takes/i am yours...faithfully.."-Faithfully
"And are you there/Feeling the same as I/And no I don't know where you are/I know you must be there/So for now I lay me down to sleep and dream/And maybe tomorrow.../I'll be waiting patiently/Promise you will wait for me/No one else to hold onto/Until I'm holding you..."-Maybe Tomorrow
"the only guy who can earn my innocence is the one who will protect it and never take it away from me."
"i only have a corner of a bench to be with him...that corner's mine, it's my life">
"If Nature has made you for a giver, your hands are born open, and so is your heart; and though there may be times when your hands are empty, your heart is always full, and you can give things out of that..."-The Little Princess
"Must have been luv..but it's over now..from the moment we touched til the time had run out..."
don`t frown..u never know if sum1`s fallen in luv with your smile
Love is worth waiting for...when you give your heart to me...you'll know that my heart was already yours
"And so i wait. I wait for time to heal the pain and raise me to my feet once again--so that i can start a new path, my own path, the one that will make me whole again"-"Starting a new path"-Chicken soup for the Teenage Soul II
"look into my eyes/you will see/what you mean to me, search your heart/search your soul/when you find me there u'll search no more"^_^
"We don't even talk anymore/We don't even know what we argue about.../they can see the tears in our eyes/but we deny the pain that lies deep in our hearts/well baby that's a pain we can't hide/cuz everybody knos that we're both torn apart.../sum ppl work things out and sum jus don't kno how to change"-Water Runs Dry-BoyzIIMen
sumwhere out there, beneath the pale blue lite
sum1's thinkin of me + luvin me 2nite
sumwhere out there, sum1's saying a prayer
that we'll find one another, + that means sumwhere out there
+even tho i know how very far apart we are
it helps 2 think we mite B wishing on the same brite star
+ when the nite wind starts2 sing a lonesome lullaby
it helps 2 think we're sleeping underneath the same big sky
sumwhere out there
if luv can see us thru
then we'll be together
sumwhere out there
out where dreams...come true *^~
time need not concieve a broken heart...
i'll be here for you..
as you are for me...
my snow angel in winter
world to fall apart...
deep in my soul/luv so strong/it takes control/now we both know/the secrets bare/the feeling shows/trailways far apart/i make a wish on a shooting star"sailormoOn-my onlee luv
"Especiallly when you are talking to my sister... She's off limits..for a million years.. "-mah big brother :)
"when i finally get kissed i'll know...i jus..haven't felt that thing..that thing..that moment when you kiss sum1 + everything around becomes hazy + the only thing focused is u + this person... and u realize this person is the onlee person ur supposed to kiss for the rest of your life...for one moment u get this amazing gift + u want 2 laugh + u want to cry cuz u feel so lucky that u found it and so scared that it'll go away all @ the same time"-Never Been Kissed
When u lose someone u love, u lose a piece of urself, the more people u lose that u love, the more pieces of u leave too. Just pray sum1 special comes along to pick up the pieces that are left.
"so close, i believe, you're holding me now in your hands
i belong, you'll never let me go"-In Your Hands
"I wrote your name in the sand,
but the waves washed it away
I wrote your name in my heart,
and forever it will stay."