The practice of love offers no place of safety. We risk loss, hurt, pain. We risk being acted upon by forces outside our control.
National security is the first duty of government but we are also committed to reversing the substantial erosion of civil liberties.
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The desperate piercing scream of horror echoed far above the sharpened tops of the trees wrapped in thin obsidian-transparent mist, and I startled jerkily, tripping again, and almost collapsed onto the cold moist ground.
Use your little grey cells mon ami" (Hercule Poirot in 'The Mysterious Affair At Styles')
Supporting God's Scriptural ability to give or restrain man's desires, Jerry Bridges points to an amazing verse tucked away in Exodus 34:24. As Israel's people abandon their defense entirely to have a feast before Him three times per year, God says the surrounding peoples will be entirely devoid of even the logical desire to possess their land.
How we need that security. How we need another soul to cling to, another body to keep us warm. To rest and trust; to give your soul in confidence: I need this. I need someone to pour myself into.