Quotemeal: Apr. 16th, 1949

Saturday, April 16, 1949

"The world says, The more you take, the more you have. Christ says, the more you give, the more you are."
— Frederick Buechner

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"It is no small thing to be on terms of friendship with God."
— Author Unknown —
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— Thomas à Kempis —
"And I smiled to think God's greatness flowed round our incompleteness ..."
— Elizabeth Barrett Browning —
"Love consents to all and commands only those who consent. Love is abdication. God is abdication."
— Simone Weil —

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Illustration of Frederick Buechner — "The world says, The more you take, the more you have. Christ says, the more you give, the more you are."

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Proverbs 11:1
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'The Father's Will: Eternal Life!' (Jn. 6:40)
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