I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practice resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life...
― Henry David Thoreau
1 CHRONICLES 17-19
7“Now then, tell my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty says: I took you from the pasture, from tending the flock, and appointed you ruler over my people Israel. 8I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make your name like the names of the greatest men on earth. 9And I will provide a place for my people Israel and will plant them so that they can have a home of their own and no longer be disturbed. Wicked people will not oppress them anymore, as they did at the beginning 10and have done ever since the time I appointed leaders over my people Israel. I will also subdue all your enemies.(17:7-10)
JOHN 10:1-21
14“I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me— 15just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd. 17The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life—only to take it up again. 18No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father.”
JOURNAL
God promises David that he will honor him and protect Israel...Jesus promises his disciples that he will watch over them and also others that listen to his call and his voice.
The summer of my senior year of High School I watched the movie Dead Poet's Society. I was in a state of transition into a large unknown and that movie inspired me. I was feeling apprehensive about the future and in many ways that movie inspired me to dream and reminded me that God created me with purpose and that my life matters.
In both of these verses I believe that God wants us to understand that we have nothing to fear. He is greater than all our adversaries or struggles and also that he wants us to dream, take risks, be bold. He created us to stretch ourselves, solve problems and be a force in this world...to "seize the day", not just let it pass us by.
JOHN 10:10
The summer of my senior year of High School I watched the movie Dead Poet's Society. I was in a state of transition into a large unknown and that movie inspired me. I was feeling apprehensive about the future and in many ways that movie inspired me to dream and reminded me that God created me with purpose and that my life matters.
In both of these verses I believe that God wants us to understand that we have nothing to fear. He is greater than all our adversaries or struggles and also that he wants us to dream, take risks, be bold. He created us to stretch ourselves, solve problems and be a force in this world...to "seize the day", not just let it pass us by.
10The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
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