Quotemeal for Friday, December 5, 1947

"Why is purity such a struggle? Why is it so difficult to order our lives in a way that allows Christ to shine through us? ... We destroy purity by equating it with legalism and forgetting that it is first and foremost a work of the heart. Reducing it to a set of rules trivializes the purpose of purity and creates a veneer of purity without the genuine, underlying character."

— David Edwards

More Quotemeal

"It is easier to renounce worldly possessions than it is to renounce the love of them."

— Walter Hilton —

"To God, our journey is as important as our destinations."

— Beth Moore —

"The heart is rich when it is content, and it is always content when its desires are fixed on God."

— Miguel Cordero-Munoz —

"Unless we know the difference between flowers and weeds, we are not fit to take care of a garden. It is not enough to have truth planted in our minds. We must....."

— Clyde Francis Lytle —