Quotemeal for Saturday, August 9, 1947

"God tolerates even our stammering, and pardons our ignorance whenever something inadvertently escapes us — as, indeed, without this mercy there would be no freedom to pray."

— John Calvin

More Quotemeal

"If we would talk less and pray more about them, things would be better than they are in the world: at least, we should be better enabled to bear them."

— John Owen —

"If we seek God for our own good and profit, we are not seeking God."

— Johannes Eckhart —

"[John the Baptist said] 'He must increase, but I must decrease.' ... No driven person could ever say what John said, because driven people have to keep gaining...."

— Gordon McDonald —