“17And if Christ be not raised, your faith is 1vain; aye are yet in your sins.”
“my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know bthat your labour is not 1in vain in the Lord.”
“17Every man shall give as he is able, aaccording to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee.”
“is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, bwho is even at the right hand of God, cwho also maketh intercession for us.”
“because the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands,”
“14Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and aconsider the wondrous works of God. 15Dost thou know when God 1disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine? 16aDost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of bhim which is perfect in knowledge?”
“wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. 5Who hath 1laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the 2line upon it? 6Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;”
“aseek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.”
“3But if any man love God, the same is known of him.”
“3Through faith we understand that athe 1worlds were 2framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which 3do appear.”
“ye, bstand fast in the faith, 1quit you like men, cbe strong.”
“33For God is not the author of 1confusion, but of peace, aas in all churches of the saints.”
“The antidote for error is not simply to pull back from wrong but also to be built up in what is right, especially through clinging to God in prayer.”
“THE afool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. 2aThe LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. 3aThey are all gone aside, they are all together become 1filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.”
“I 1wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.”
“cbut my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.”
“You don't want me here, I don't wanna be here, so why am I here?”
“Cosimo did not yet know love, and what is any experience without that? What point is there in risking life, when the real flavor of life is as yet unknown?”
“The idea that his wedding band was some kind of talisman nauseated him like the smell of attar.”
“Lassiter skidded in from the billiards room, the fallen angel glowing from his black-and-blond hair and white eyes, all the way down to his shitkickers. Then again, maybe the illumination wasn’t his nature, but that gold he insisted on wearing.
He looked like a living, breathing jewelry tree.
“I’m here. Where’s my chauffeur hat?”
“Here, use mine,” Butch said, outing a B Sox cap and throwing it over. “It’ll help that hair of yours.”
The angel caught the thing on the fly and stared at the red S. “I’m sorry, I can’t.”
“Do not tell me you’re a Yankees fan,” V drawled. “I’ll have to kill you, and frankly, tonight we need all the wingmen we’ve got.”
Lassiter tossed the cap back. Whistled. Looked casual.
“Are you serious?” Butch said. Like the guy had maybe volunteered for a lobotomy. Or a limb amputation. Or a pedicure.
“No fucking way,” V echoed. “When and where did you become a friend of the enemy—”
The angel held up his palms. “It’s not my fault you guys suck—”
Tohr actually stepped in front of Lassiter, like he was worried that something a lot more than smack talk was going to start flying. And the sad thing was, he was right to be concerned. Apart from their shellans, V and Butch loved the Sox above almost everything else—including sanity.”
“Though the ear choose not to hear,
In the heart I echo,clear:
Always found, and never sought,
Praised, as well as cursed, in thought.”
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