By the cross we, too, are crucified with Christ; but alive in Christ. We are no more rebels, but servants; no more servants, but sons!
Food to a large extent is what holds a society together and eating is closely linked to deep spiritual experiences.
Likewise the spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the spirit himself intercedes for us with sighs too deep for words. And he who searches the hearts of men knows the mind of the spirit, because the spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
Without God, life is like a school without a teacher. It is a wire with no current passing through it; it is a body with no soul.
The cycle of God, the good, is broken by a single act of negativity. The cycle of negativity is stopped by choosing the good.
