cool quotes

[brinny]

I believe in Christianity as I believe in the rising sun; not because I see it, but by it I can see all else. ~C. S. Lewis

 

[kelco]

God has a way of loving us and blessing us that is so much better than fair. Think of the ways God has blessed us that transcend what we deserve. Every good thing that has ever come to us is a gift of God's grace. If you and I could ever stop being self-centered long enough to be honest, we would have to say that we are not entitled to any good thing. We have no right to demand anything. And the last thing we really want is for God to just be fair with us. What we want and what we need is grace, the love that is better than fair. And grace is exactly what we ultimately receive from the God who is better than fair, even when life is less than fair. ~ Charles E. Poole

 

[brinny]

God has a way of loving us and blessing us that is so much better than fair. Think of the ways God has blessed us that transcend what we deserve. Every good thing that has ever come to us is a gift of God's grace. If you and I could ever stop being self-centered long enough to be honest, we would have to say that we are not entitled to any good thing. We have no right to demand anything. And the last thing we really want is for God to just be fair with us. What we want and what we need is grace, the love that is better than fair. And grace is exactly what we ultimately receive from the God who is better than fair, even when life is less than fair. ~ Charles E. Poole

Aah thank you. I needed to read that today....been whining to God about what I miss. It really hits the nail on the head about fairness and grace. I soooo struggle with that sometimes.

 

[2Timothy2]

Those who are accustomed to judge by feeling do not understand the process of reasoning, for they would understand at first sight and are not used to seek for principles. And others, on the contrary, who are accustomed to reason from principles, do not at all understand matters of feeling, seeking principles and being unable to see at a glance.

- Blaise Pascal (PENSÉES )

 

[freespirit2001]

"You cannot slay yourself in me,
Nor I---to all eternity---
Destroy myself in you.
All that our ingrate thought would do,
All senseless wounds we give and take,
Are powerless---for the other's sake.

We should ask no shield
For life is the mirror of king and slave
"tis ..... what we are and do."
---Madeline Bridges

"We seek to perceive them, and we do not see them;
We seek to hear them, and we do not hear them;
Identified with the substance of things,
The cannot be separated from them."
---Confucius

Confucius said: "If a state is governed by the principles of reason, poverty and misery are subjects of shame; if a state is not goverened by the principles of reason, riches and honor are the subjects of shame."
Henry Thoreau: Civil Disobediance

 

[Amy]

When you point your finger at someone, note that the other four are pointing back at yourself.

 

[kelco]

The "least of my brethren" are the hungry and the lonely, not only for food, but for the Word of God; the thirsty and the ignorant not only for water, but also for knowledge, peace, truth, justice and love; the naked and the unloved, not only for clothes but also for human dignity; the unwanted; the unborn child; the racially discriminated against; the homeless and abandoned, not only for a shelter made of bricks, but for a heart that understands, that covers, that loves; the sick, the dying destitutes, and the captives, not only in body, but also in mind and spirit; all those who have lost all hope and faith in life; the alcoholics and dying addicts and all those who have lost God (for them God was but God is) and who have lost all hope in the power of the Spirit.

Mother Teresa, The Simple Path

 

[kelco]

"You cannot slay yourself in me,
Nor I---to all eternity---
Destroy myself in you.
All that our ingrate thought would do,
All senseless wounds we give and take,
Are powerless---for the other's sake.

We should ask no shield
For life is the mirror of king and slave
"tis ..... what we are and do."
---Madeline Bridges

"We seek to perceive them, and we do not see them;
We seek to hear them, and we do not hear them;
Identified with the substance of things,
The cannot be separated from them."
---Confucius

Confucius said: "If a state is governed by the principles of reason, poverty and misery are subjects of shame; if a state is not goverened by the principles of reason, riches and honor are the subjects of shame."
Henry Thoreau: Civil Disobediance

Lovely freespirit!

 

[kelco]

Grace burst forth spontaneously from the bosom of eternal love and rested not until it had removed every impediment and found its way to the sinner's side, swelling round him in full flow. Grace does away the distance between the sinner and God, which sin had created. Grace meets the sinner on the spot where he stands; grace approaches him just as he is. Grace does not wait till there is something to attract it nor till a good reason is found in the sinner for its flowing to him. ... It was free, sovereign grace when it first thought of the sinner; it was free grace when it found and laid hold of him; and it is free grace when it hands him up into glory.

Horatius Bonar

 

[kelco]

When you cannot stand, He will bear you in His arms.

Francis de Sales

 

[brinny]

Wow! THese quotes are wringin' my heart out. I read them as if I'm spellbound. They speak deeply of His essence, of His grace, that most delicate yet powerful force that is the epitome of Who He is.

 

[freespirit2001]

"With all your science, can you tell me how is that light comes into the soul?"

---Henry Thoreau, From TIME MAGAZINE, THE GOD GENE: IS GOD IN OUR GENES?
October 25, 2004

 

[2Timothy2]

Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.

- John Adams, 'Argument in Defense of the Soldiers in the Boston Massacre Trials,' December 1770

 

[kelco]

What I believe is so magnificent, so glorious, that it is beyond finite comprehension. To believe that the universe was created by a purposeful, benign Creator is one thing. To believe that this Creator took on human vesture, accepted death and mortality, was tempted, betrayed, broken, and all for love of us, defies reason. It is so wild that it terrifies some Christians who try to dogmatize their fear by lashing out at other Christians, because tidy Christianity with all answers given is easier than one which reaches out to the wild wonder of God's love, a love we don't even have to earn.

Madeleine L'Engle

 

[kelco]

Despite God's assurance that He's absolutely crazy about us, most of us can't believe He means US. But God's Word is full of your identity and position as a believer in Jesus Christ. Here are a few examples:
You are:
Fearfully and wonderfully made (Psalm 139:14)
Precious to God (Isaiah 43:4)
Cared about since your conception (Isaiah 46:3)
God's child (John 1:12)
Jesus' friend (John 15:15)
Chosen by Jesus (John 15:16)
Loved dearly by God (John 16:27)
Free from condemnation (Romans 8:1)
A temple - a dwelling place - of God's Spirit (1 Corinthians 3:16)
Redeemed and forgiven for all your sins (Colossians 1:14)
You, too, are somebody - somebody worth the sacrifice of what was most precious to God: His only Son. God may be the only person you'll ever know who loves you unconditionally, but once that truth sinks in, God's opinion becomes the only one that really matters.

Verla Gillmor

 

[2Timothy2]

Wealth is the smallest thing on earth, the least gift that God has bestowed on mankind.

- Marin Luther

 

[mochagirl]

“Faith in the ability of a leader is of slight service unless it be united with faith in his justice.”
George Goethals

“We make war that we may live in peace.”
Aristotle

“Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.”
Baruch Spinoza

“I hate being frightened, but even more, I detest being prevented by fright."
Sir Francis Chichester

 

[freespirit2001]

Despite God's assurance that He's absolutely crazy about us, most of us can't believe He means US. But God's Word is full of your identity and position as a believer in Jesus Christ. Here are a few examples:
You are:
Fearfully and wonderfully made (Psalm 139:14)
Precious to God (Isaiah 43:4)
Cared about since your conception (Isaiah 46:3)
God's child (John 1:12)
Jesus' friend (John 15:15)
Chosen by Jesus (John 15:16)
Loved dearly by God (John 16:27)
Free from condemnation (Romans 8:1)
A temple - a dwelling place - of God's Spirit (1 Corinthians 3:16)
Redeemed and forgiven for all your sins (Colossians 1:14)
You, too, are somebody - somebody worth the sacrifice of what was most precious to God: His only Son. God may be the only person you'll ever know who loves you unconditionally, but once that truth sinks in, God's opinion becomes the only one that really matters.

Verla Gillmor

Great Quote kelco!!!!XOXOX!!!

I also love more passages of Psalm 139 from the RSV:

"Whither shall I go from thy Spirit?
Or whither shall I flee from they presence?
If I ascend to heaven, thou art there!
If I make my bed in Sheol ( the grave), thou art there!

If I take the wings of the morning
and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
even there thy hand shall lead me,
and they right hand shall hold me.

If I say, "Let only darkness cover me,
and the light about me be night,"
even the darkness is not dark to thee,
the night is bright as the day;
for darkness is as light with thee.

For thou didst form my inward parts,
thou didst knit me together in my mother's womb....
Thou knowest me right well;
my frame was not hidden from thee....

Thy eyes beheld my unformed substance;
in thy book were written, every one of them,
the days that were formed for me,
when yet there was none of them..."

Psalm 139:7-16

 

[SandyLou]

Everything that is worthwhile in life is scary. Choosing a school, choosing a career, getting married, having kids--all those things are scary. If it is not fearful, it is not worthwhile. - - Paul Tornier

 

[kelco]

Great Quote kelco!!!!XOXOX!!!

I also love more passages of Psalm 139 from the RSV:

"Whither shall I go from thy Spirit?
Or whither shall I flee from they presence?
If I ascend to heaven, thou art there!
If I make my bed in Sheol ( the grave), thou art there!

If I take the wings of the morning
and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
even there thy hand shall lead me,
and they right hand shall hold me.

If I say, "Let only darkness cover me,
and the light about me be night,"
even the darkness is not dark to thee,
the night is bright as the day;
for darkness is as light with thee.

For thou didst form my inward parts,
thou didst knit me together in my mother's womb....
Thou knowest me right well;
my frame was not hidden from thee....

Thy eyes beheld my unformed substance;
in thy book were written, every one of them,
the days that were formed for me,
when yet there was none of them..."

Psalm 139:7-16

One of my favorite psalms freespirit. God Bless.