So True...this Definition Of Beauty Is The Most Genuine. A Beauty That Is Not Physical So That Everyone

Disheartening news of  planes going missing..well one plane..

and now Sinking ships... !(one ship)

What Dark Forces are these? #Saddened.

My prayers with the families of those affected...

Mercy

by Thomas Scott

“I beseech you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God.” - Romans 12:1

There is something well calculated to keep us humble in the perpetual reference made in the Scriptures to mercy. We read of nothing granted us on the ground of merit, of nothing that comes from the hand of God as the reward of our good deeds or obtained by us as matter of desert. But the MERCY of God meets us at every point: the food we eat, the air we breathe, the garments we wear, the domestic comforts we enjoy, our civil advantages, and our religious privileges are all represented as matters of mercy – undeserved mercy.

This I say is humbling; yet it is just. Mercy must be the plea of the sinner. Mercy must spare from day to day the man who deserves to be cast into hell. Mercy must supply the daily bread of the man whose very life is forfeited to the justice of his offended creator. And as we are spared and our needs supplied, and ten thousand sources of comfort are opened to us – and not to us only but to all the sinners of our race – we may well say that “the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord,” and that “goodness and mercy have followed us all the days of our life.”

And, my brethren, it would be well for us to habituate ourselves to look at all our comforts in this light. They are continued to us in mercy, since by sinning against God we have forfeited every one of them. This would silence many a murmur and produce delightful feelings of gratitude under circumstances which excite us now to anything rather than contentment and praise. Our language would often be like that of Jeremiah: “Why should a living man complain; a man for the punishment of his sin?”

But though a most powerful argument in support of a duty like that of the text might be drawn from the consideration of the innumerable temporal mercies bestowed upon us by our gracious God, yet these are not the things to which St. Paul here alludes. He is drawing this epistle to a close, which, while it is highly practical, is also most highly doctrinal. In its commencement he exhibits, in all its awful nature, the depraved condition of the Gentile world. He then urges home upon the Jews the question whether they were at all better than the Gentiles. And having shown that they were not, he draws the melancholy conclusion that “there was no difference, for that all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.”

Having thus established the universal sin and consequent condemnation of the whole human race, he proceeds to meet the grand inquiry, “How may man be just with God?” Had he remained spotless, innocent, and pure in the state wherein he was created, the answer would have been easy: he will be justified by his works, by his own acts and deeds, his constant never-failing obedience to the divine law. But when that law had been violated again and again by every child of Adam, no conclusion could possibly be clearer than that by the deeds of the law could no flesh living be justified in his sight. Justification could not, therefore, depend on the law or on merit.

The apostle then goes on to shew that though man cannot justify himself, and is consequently in a state of condemnation, he is not on that account to be shut up under despair. But he proceeds to prove that there is a righteousness imputed without works, even that righteousness which Christ has brought in, and which he has provided by his own perfect fulfilment of the law, and by his obedience unto death in our place. This is by grace; all of unmerited favor, free goodness, mere mercy. “We are justified freely by his grace.” In this righteousness we obtain a part through faith. Faith receives the record which God has given concerning his Son. Faith stretches out the hand to “receive the things that are freely given to us of God.” Faith relies on the promise, and applies in assured expectation of receiving that which it asks, and which it knows God is ready to give. So important is the grace of faith that we are said to be justified by it, and by it alone. Yet faith has in itself no merit. It is no work which will compensate for failures in other things. It only receives with firm reliance those promises and those gifts which God bestows on the sinner – of mere mercy and free grace.

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Reblog if you want a "why are you so..." in your ask.

All this are Damn Fly. Gosh.

On TV’s 100 Sexiest Women of 2014 (x)

hahahahahaha..omg i totally fell in lovve with this...society is so condescending! society is a bitch.

tell us tips of how to be a confident woman

To be confident you need to be a self sufficient individual in ALL aspects, from your finances, personal growth and self sufficient in your self esteem (others opinions of you have little to no relevancy on how you view yourself, your self-perception comes entirely from within).

A confident woman stands up for what she believes in and is not easily persuaded from her opinions or values by people. She doesn't worry about pleasing others but about getting her business done and making sure her presence is felt, regardless of who likes it or not. She owns and takes space without being overbearing. She is on top of her game and is constantly looking for ways to outgrow the person she was the day before.

Confident women are quiet, they don't feel the need to call the attention or announce their moves because they have nothing to prove, she relies on her internal knowing that she is capable of achieving the goals in her life and the applause of an audience is not needed.

A confident woman is proactive on keeping her physical appearance very polished, from the way she dresses to her commitment to being fit and healthy, not in an attempt to attract attention, but as a way of improving herself because she knows that her sense of self will be higher is she looks and feels good.

A confident woman has a resilient mentality, if she falls, she stands back up. If she feels distressed, she gets her emotions out and allows herself to feel all the emotions that make her human, but after that she's ready to move on and not allow her sentiments to overpower her rationale.

Confident women aren't easily impressed, they know their worth and who they are, so they expect others to impress them, the power dynamics are usually in their favor.

Confident women are intellectually proficient, they read and are masters of different subjects. They know that their brain is one of their main assets, so they keep pushing themself to exercise their intellect by learning new things constantly.

I could go on and on, but these are the things that come to my mind at the moment 💗.

1:08 am | march 8, 2020

been grieving old things in the past lately. and when i say this, i don’t mean the sad things or the bad things, but the good things. i think when we see the word “past” we automatically assume it’s a negative place that we should no longer look at. i admit that i’ve been trying not to look back because they say it keeps you from moving forward. and it’s true. but i’m finding that it can also be hard to move forward without looking back once in a while. looking back at how far you’ve come. looking back at all the memories and people you’ve left behind. looking back at the dreams your 8-year old self wrote in her diary. looking back at the things you used to do but stopped doing because of failure, criticism, or fear. looking back at old pictures of yourself wearing things that used to make you feel confident but now see it as “cringey.” looking back at the things that used to make you, you. not the things that destroyed you, but the things that molded you. that make you who you are today. i don’t know about you, but i feel like the past should be visited every once in a while to remind us of who we really are or once were—before social media, before adulting, before the relationship, the job, the degree, or even before today. the good things.

so play those old songs again. visit those cringey “what was i wearing” pictures again. watch those high-pitched videos of yourself. read that journal you wrote in during that tough season. and bring those ideas and dreams you left behind back to life.

your past doesn’t need you, but don’t forget how it’s made you. don’t forget the people you’ve lost in touch with or the loved ones you’ve lost along the way. don’t forget the words that uplifted you and sparked a fire in your heart. don’t forget the blessings and miracles God’s done in your life.

life moves faster than we think. so cherish every moment and remember how far you’ve come and all the things God’s done in your life. and remember, that it’s not too late to start over. it’s not too late to try again. it’s not too late to dream again. and it’s never too late to hope again.

may hope fuel in your heart for all there is to come and all that can be.

Shalom.

I will be happy.

I will be healthy.

I will be financially stable.

I will prosper.

I will succeed.

some people feel the rain... Others just get wet..

Psalms 34:8.

THE LORD IS GOOD ….