“... And yet, to say the truth, reason and love keep little company together now-a-days...” ~ William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream
"Because 'reasons'!" ~ one of my most favorite Being during a particular difficult time
Censured: expressed severe disapproval of (lies in this case) season 3 episode: 12 West Wing
"Discipleship is not limited to what you can comprehend - it must transcend all comprehension. Plunge into the deep waters beyond your own comprehension, and I will help you to comprehend even as I do. Bewilderment is the true comprehension. Not to know where you are going is the true knowledge. My comprehension transcends yours." {Martin Luther qtd. God} qtd. p. 93
Dietrich Bonhoeffer's, The Cost of Discipleship Cost of Discipleship
"Everything" by Lauren Daigle also...
Ensorcelled: Enchanted; fascinated. The West Wing Josh re: Amy
Foundation Leaders, It's Time to Shrink the 
Hebrews 10:36-37 "For years have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come will come, and will not tarry."
"I will listen and believe the voice of truth / Oh what I would do to have / The kind of strength it takes to stand before a giant / With just a sling and a stone / Surrounded by the sound of a thousand warriors / Shaking in their armor / Wishing they'd have had the strength to stand... From on top of them lookin' down / I will soar with the wings of eagles / When I stop and listen to the sound of Jesus / Singing over me / I will choose to listen and believe the voice of truth." Songwriters: Steven Curtis Chapman / Mark Hall
"I don't think it's a good idea to be casual about the truth" ~ Sam Seaborn West Wing "H. Con 172"
"Just Give Me a Reason" by P!nk (listen here)"Keep me in perfect peace as my mind is stayed on thee, because I trust in thee." Isaiah 26:3
LeAnn Rimes - The Gift Of Your Love (Audio)
Mark 10:21 "And Jesus, beholding him, loved him, and said to him, “You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have, give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, take up the cross, and follow me."
"...Nullifies our arrogant presumption that we should get our way. With love, pride and fear fade." p. 91 Renovation of the Heart in Daily Practice: Experiments in Spiritual Transformation
p. 70 The Cost of Discipleship Cost of Discipleship 
Quiet time : Chapter 31 Renovation of the Heart in Daily Practice by Dallas Willard and Jan Johnson
"His is the only Redemptive efficacy" p. 92 The Cost of Discipleship (the best and most effective way for humanity to be saved from sin is through Jesus' suffering, crucifixion, Resurrection and ascension.)
"So few grains of happiness / measured against all the dark / and still the scales balance / The world asks of us / only the strength we have and we give it /Then it asks more, and we give it." from “The Weighing” by Jane Hirshfield
"Truth be Told" by Matthew West
"Under His yoke we are certain of his nearness and communion. It is He whom the disciple finds as he lifts up his cross." p. 93
West Wing S3, E9: 2001 “The public will not forgive a President who withheld information that could have helped them or saved lives. Second, in a crisis, people need to feel like soldiers, not victims. Third, information breeds confidence, silence breeds fear” 19 years later. Same.
eXegesis : critical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially of scripture. p. 84
"Zerubbabel— planted in Babylon— the great-times-eleven grandfather of Jesus! The Lord grew something beautiful from what was planted during a difficult season. And He still does that today!" source
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