Quotemeal: Dec. 19th, 1948

Sunday, December 19, 1948

"We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.||"
— C. S. Lewis

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"God is always trying to give good things to us, but our hands are too full to receive them."
— St. Augustine of Hippo —
"Jesus the very thought of Thee|With sweetness fills my breast;|But sweeter far Thy face to see|And in Thy presence rest."
— Bernard of Clairvaux —
"It is one thing to fear God as threatening, with a holy reverence, and another to be afraid of the evil threatened."
— John Owen —
"Bless us Lord, this Christmas, with quietness of mind; Teach us to be patient and always to be kind."
— Helen Steiner Rice —

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Illustration of C. S. Lewis — "We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.||"

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