David Blenko

Focus: faith, the good life, leadership, and civility. Energized by justice and strongly value humility, contribution, and long-term thinking | No DMs

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Spiritual homesickness has been a constant in my life. It was not an everyday experience, but a predictable and always reoccurring desperation to find a sense of sacredness within me, not outside of me: my soul, my home, God in me ~ Brené Brown

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Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever ~ Psalms 73:25-26

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Praise be to the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds. Praise be to his glorious name forever; may the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen and Amen ~ Psalms 72:18-19

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No matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God ~ 2 Corinthians 1:20

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He was despised and rejected… We turned our backs on him… But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole ~ Isaiah 53:3, 5 | Jesus bore wounds for people who looked away. Grace reached us before we ever turned around

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In his hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to him. The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land. Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker ~ Psalms 95:4-6

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Gold there is, and rubies in abundance, but lips that speak knowledge are a rare jewel ~ Proverbs 20:15

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They will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father ~ Jesus, John 14:12 | What began in Galilee, the Spirit now carries to the ends of the earth through us

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Test all things; hold fast what is good ~ 1 Thessalonians 5:21

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Even fools are thought wise if they keep silent, and discerning if they hold their tongues ~ Proverbs 17:28

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Trump’s deal with Russia inflames war he vowed to swiftly end https://t.co/0pihmMRHU9 https://t.co/0pihmMRHU9

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The one who has knowledge uses words with restraint ~ Proverbs 17:4

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Whoever would foster love covers over an offense ~ Proverbs 17:9

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For a long time the question about faith was whether it is true. More people now ask whether it can make sense of a life. The honest answer to the second depends a great deal on how believers are living

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A wicked person listens to deceitful lips; a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue ~ Proverbs 17:4

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The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the heart ~ Proverbs 17:3

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An age of abstraction prizes work that can be done from anywhere. Faith keeps returning to work that has to be done somewhere: a meal, a repair, a field, a bedside. God did not love the world from a distance

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When they call you a saint, it means basically that you are not to be taken seriously ~ Dorothy Day | Admiration can be a polite way of keeping a challenging life at a safe distance

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I think the best way to describe what’s coming next is not “I’m dying,” but “I’m finally going home.” I don’t know what it’s like yet, but in my older age I really trust that it is  home ~ Richard Rohr

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Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen ~ Ephesians 3:20–21

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When you’re in over your head, I’ll be there with you. When you’re in rough waters, you will not go down. When you’re between a rock and a hard place, it won’t be a dead end—Because I am God ~ Isaiah 43:2–3