"And call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.” -
Psalm 50:15
Ohhh yeahhh!
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Thursday, May 1, 2014
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Porque há orações que podiam muito bem ser as nossas..
Dear Heavenly Father,Thank you for another day. It is a wonderful blessing to be alive and well. Thank you for your provision. So much has happened and I look back on it with gratitude in my heart. Sometimes it’s difficult to find that gratitude, joy, and confidence simply because things aren’t going the way I had planned, and I have no clue where things are going really.
I am grateful for the rainbows You send me, they remind me that You always keep Your promises. I pray this in your might son Jesus’ name. – AMEN!
Texto de Christina Fox
Monday, April 28, 2014
Dia da Familia GBU 2014
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Sabotage..
Enemy-occupied territory—that is what this world is.
Christianity is the story of how the rightful king has landed,
you might say landed in disguise, and is calling us all to take
part in a great campaign of sabotage.
When you go to church you are really listening-in to the secret wireless from our
friends: that is why the enemy is so anxious to prevent us from
going. He does it by playing on our conceit and laziness and
intellectual snobbery.
in Mere Christianity - C.S. Lewis
Christianity is the story of how the rightful king has landed,
you might say landed in disguise, and is calling us all to take
part in a great campaign of sabotage.
When you go to church you are really listening-in to the secret wireless from our
friends: that is why the enemy is so anxious to prevent us from
going. He does it by playing on our conceit and laziness and
intellectual snobbery.
in Mere Christianity - C.S. Lewis
Monday, April 21, 2014
Sunday, April 20, 2014
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Quinta-Feira de Paixão
A noite chegou e a dor carrega sobre mim,
A angùstia sobe em vertigem
Algures neste jardim,
Sombras conspiram contra mim
Com um sorriso tão mortal como um beijo
E pra quê sofrer,
E pra quê me humilhar
E pra quê me conter,
Pra quê?
Excerto de um poema de Miguel A. R.
A angùstia sobe em vertigem
Algures neste jardim,
Sombras conspiram contra mim
Com um sorriso tão mortal como um beijo
E pra quê sofrer,
E pra quê me humilhar
E pra quê me conter,
Pra quê?
Excerto de um poema de Miguel A. R.
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Saturday, April 5, 2014
please..
Ó chuvinha, eu sei que é bom que as barragens estejam cheias e tal, mas eu precisava tanto de abrir estas janelinhas..
Friday, April 4, 2014
contentamento vs contenção..
Ao refilar com o meu "vizinho de baixo" sobre as desarrumações e obras intermináveis por este "edifício" e arredores, o meu daddy, diz-me que eu preciso "cultivar o contentamento", ao que eu replico que ele precisa "cultivar a contenção"..
suponho que vem anexado a uma mente criativa, o não parar de arranjar novos projectos e o não desanimar com a idade, doença ou minhas tentativas (mais que frustradas) de o desencorajar.
Nestas alturas, começo a fazer planos para me mudar para um sítio bonito e a procurar casas e apartamentos, por todos os lados, num raio de 40 km a Norte.
Começo pelas moradias e vou descendo até aos apartamentos, anos 70, baratuxos, que valham a pena restaurar. E quando encontro um, acobardo-me e começo a imaginar como seria viver dessa forma, mais apertados e longe do apoio da familia; passados alguns dias lá desisto, mas que é terapêutico, é!
suponho que vem anexado a uma mente criativa, o não parar de arranjar novos projectos e o não desanimar com a idade, doença ou minhas tentativas (mais que frustradas) de o desencorajar.
Nestas alturas, começo a fazer planos para me mudar para um sítio bonito e a procurar casas e apartamentos, por todos os lados, num raio de 40 km a Norte.
Começo pelas moradias e vou descendo até aos apartamentos, anos 70, baratuxos, que valham a pena restaurar. E quando encontro um, acobardo-me e começo a imaginar como seria viver dessa forma, mais apertados e longe do apoio da familia; passados alguns dias lá desisto, mas que é terapêutico, é!
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
details..
Não me canso desta mesa de cabeceira. E ainda bem, o objectivo é mesmo esse, poder encaixá-la sempre em qualquer cantinho, e sobreviver até à entrada na faculdade, hihihihi..
Monday, March 31, 2014
Friday, March 28, 2014
Cristianismo simples..
I hope no reader will suppose that ‘mere’ Christianity is
here put forward as an alternative to the creeds of the existing
communions—as if a man could adopt it in preference to
Congregationalism or Greek Orthodoxy or anything else. It
is more like a hall out of which doors open into several rooms.
If I can bring anyone into that hall I shall have done what I
attempted. But it is in the rooms, not in the hall, that there are
fires and chairs and meals. The hall is a place to wait in, a place
from which to try the various doors, not a place to live in. For
that purpose the worst of the rooms (whichever that may be)
is, I think, preferable. It is true that some people may find they
have to wait in the hall for a considerable time, while others
feel certain almost at once which door they must knock at. I
do not know why there is this difference, but I am sure God
keeps no one waiting unless He sees that it is good for him to
wait. When you do get into your room you will find that the long
wait has done you some kind of good which you would
not have had otherwise. But you must regard it as waiting, not
as camping. You must keep on praying for light: and, of
course, even in the hall, you must begin trying to obey the
rules which are common to the whole house. And above all
you must be asking which door is the true one; not which
pleases you best by its paint and panelling. In plain language,
the question should never be: ‘Do I like that kind of service?’
but ‘Are these doctrines true: Is holiness here? Does my con-
science move me towards this? Is my reluctance to knock at
this door due to my pride, or my mere taste, or my personal
dislike of this particular door-keeper?’
When you have reached your own room, be kind to those
who have chosen different doors and to those who are still in
the hall. If they are wrong they need your prayers all the more;
and if they are your enemies, then you are under orders to
pray for them. That is one of the rules common to the whole
house.
Mere Christianity, C. S. Lewis
here put forward as an alternative to the creeds of the existing
communions—as if a man could adopt it in preference to
Congregationalism or Greek Orthodoxy or anything else. It
is more like a hall out of which doors open into several rooms.
If I can bring anyone into that hall I shall have done what I
attempted. But it is in the rooms, not in the hall, that there are
fires and chairs and meals. The hall is a place to wait in, a place
from which to try the various doors, not a place to live in. For
that purpose the worst of the rooms (whichever that may be)
is, I think, preferable. It is true that some people may find they
have to wait in the hall for a considerable time, while others
feel certain almost at once which door they must knock at. I
do not know why there is this difference, but I am sure God
keeps no one waiting unless He sees that it is good for him to
wait. When you do get into your room you will find that the long
wait has done you some kind of good which you would
not have had otherwise. But you must regard it as waiting, not
as camping. You must keep on praying for light: and, of
course, even in the hall, you must begin trying to obey the
rules which are common to the whole house. And above all
you must be asking which door is the true one; not which
pleases you best by its paint and panelling. In plain language,
the question should never be: ‘Do I like that kind of service?’
but ‘Are these doctrines true: Is holiness here? Does my con-
science move me towards this? Is my reluctance to knock at
this door due to my pride, or my mere taste, or my personal
dislike of this particular door-keeper?’
When you have reached your own room, be kind to those
who have chosen different doors and to those who are still in
the hall. If they are wrong they need your prayers all the more;
and if they are your enemies, then you are under orders to
pray for them. That is one of the rules common to the whole
house.
Mere Christianity, C. S. Lewis
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Pelas ruas de Évora..
Um dia passado pelas ruas de Évora e na Universidade, que completa agora 300 anos.
As ruas calcetadas, as fachadas trabalhadas, os muros enormes das quintinhas dentro da cidade, o novo e o renovado, as casas de chá e de artesanato contemporâneo, a boa comida e hospitalidade das pessoas nas ruas, fazem com que seja a minha cidade preferida, a par de Coimbra.
Sunday, March 23, 2014
4 years and a half of The Sugar Cube I
Há anos que ando a projectar mentalmente as peça essenciais do quarto do G (que daqui a mais algum tempo será também do L).
Nunca gostei de mobiliário de criança, por diversas razões: o facto de ter normalmente uma relação qualidade / preço baixa, ser pouco versátil e de utilização temporária. Gosto duma decoração base neutra, com peças de madeira maciça e ferro, mesmo "à antiga", cujas cores e detalhes se possam actualizar ao longo dos anos.
Lá consegui desencantar esta cama, penso que de uma bisavó algarvia. A mesa de cabeceira foi adquirida no "Feirão" duma associação de beneficiência. Depois, faltava-me um candeeiro de mesa- umas folhinhas de papel vegetal pintadas pelo G, resolveram o assunto da reciclagem do abatjour.
Quando ontem lhe retirei o beliche (que nos tinha sido oferecido, mas desconfigurava o quarto por completo; a única vantagem que tinha era a cama ser junto ao chão e ter a possibilidade de dormir alguma visita na cama de cima), fiquei receosa.. a cama, desde há umas semanas que se transformara num barco a vapor.. mas, rápidamente a cama nova se transformou num submarino, fazendo as delícias dos 2 manos, que se escondem lá debaixo, como se algum deles fizesse a mais pequena ideia do que é um submarino!
Não sei se foi pelo meu ar de entusiasmo desde sexta-feira a falar-lhe da cama e do candeeiro para a mesinha, o rapaz, esta noite está a dormir de luz acesa.. e sempre que a apago, alguns minutos mais tarde ela volta a reluzir..
Thursday, March 20, 2014
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