florida ramblings

hear me

flramblings — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 11:00:29 +0000

Saeed has now been in an Iranian prison for 537 days

“It is silence that most needs an answering — when I can no longer speak, hear me.”

Jeanette Winterson, The Stone Gods

Get involved today to help Pastor Saeed. Follow on Twitter, Facebook and sign the new petition to President Obama and give to support the effort to secure his freedom on “The Be Heard Project.”

look fear in the face

flramblings — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 11:00:55 +0000

Saeed has now been in an Iranian prison for 532 days

“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face… Do the thing you thing you cannot do.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt

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Character

flramblings — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 11:00:32 +0000

Saeed has now been in an Iranian prison for 530 days

“Character is power.” – Booker T. Washington

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he loves what is behind him

flramblings — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 12:00:45 +0000

Saeed has now been in an Iranian prison for 525 days

“The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.”
― G.K. Chesterton

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things that matter to the American people

flramblings — Mon, 03 Mar 2014 12:00:42 +0000

Saeed has now been in an Iranian prison for 523 days

“When the president speaks, he speaks about things that matter to the American people. Millions of people have been behind me — signing petitions, writing letters. When [the president] shared [my husband’s story] I knew that the American people had been speaking out.” ~Naghmeh Abedini

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only love can

flramblings — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 12:00:40 +0000

Saeed has now been in an Iranian prison for 518 days

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.

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When people refuse to speak

flramblings — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 12:00:39 +0000

Saeed has now been in an Iranian prison for 516 days

“When people refuse to speak out for too long, it’s like water that’s stagnant and starts to rot!” ~ August Strindberg

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prayer for him

flramblings — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 12:00:00 +0000

Saeed has now been in an Iranian prison for 511 days

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“So Peter was kept in the prison, but prayer for him was being made fervently by the church to God.” – Acts 12:5

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Hope is the thing

flramblings — Mon, 17 Feb 2014 12:00:58 +0000

Saeed has now been in an Iranian prison for 509 days

“Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops at all.”
― Emily Dickinson

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we’re hopeful

flramblings — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 12:00:32 +0000

Saeed has now been in an Iranian prison for 504 days

“…we’re hopeful that this new level of engagement by our government — President Obama publicly calling on Iran to release Pastor Saeed — will bring even more attention to the unjust treatment of a U.S. citizen who has been imprisoned for more than a year simply because of his Christian faith.” ~Jordan Sekulow

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Get involved today to help Pastor Saeed. Follow on Twitter, Facebook and sign the new petition to President Obama and give to support the effort to secure his freedom on “The Be Heard Project.”