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“The Shulamite lives by a different set of values. One of the most horrible frauds perpetrated on western couples is 'trust your feelings' or 'follow your heart.' Solomon's family must never be left to whims. A wise Shulamite does not make life decisions based on feelings, alone. She takes God's point-of-view: 'He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool; But whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.' --Pr 28:26
For young couples, a hard lesson to learn is: Their hearts will lie to them.
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― Song of Songs: The Book for Daughters
For young couples, a hard lesson to learn is: Their hearts will lie to them.
pg 3”
― Song of Songs: The Book for Daughters
“Only a generation of readers will spawn a generation of writers.”
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“It's a strange courage
you give me ancient star:
Shine alone in the sunrise
toward which you lend no part!”
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you give me ancient star:
Shine alone in the sunrise
toward which you lend no part!”
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“This is going to hurt, but you will have to watch other couples be happier, richer and louder than you. Wait. No obstacle can withstand patience. Wait. You may not think so now, but there will come a time when you will be tempted to run away. Would that be right? Would that be fair? As every matriarch discovers, entire seasons will pass without reward. As your mate's peculiarities add up, what do you do? Wait!”
― Song of Songs: The Book for Daughters
― Song of Songs: The Book for Daughters
“Our custom of taking the Bible a verse at a time means that we often miss this pattern. We think there’s doctrine (stuff about what God does for us in Jesus) and instruction (what we must do for God). We fail to see how they’re connected. We ought to teach them together. We should teach the good news with an urgency and expectation that its payoff is good behavior, or else our doctrine will be served cold. And we must teach good behavior only when we show it flowing from the good news, or else kids will choke on moralism.”
― Show Them Jesus: Teaching the Gospel to Kids
― Show Them Jesus: Teaching the Gospel to Kids
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