Quotemeal: May. 6th, 1954

Thursday, May 6, 1954

"We all need love, but we need it most when we deserve it least — when we have sinned against someone, when we have made poor choices, when we have failed. In these situations, ordinary love must become extra-ordinary love."
— Barbara Rosberg

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"A continual looking forward to the eternal world is not a form of escapism or wishful thinking, but one of the things a Christian is meant to do."
C. S. Lewis
"If man is not made for God, why is he not happy except in God? If man is made for God, why is he so opposed to God?"
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"Though you can give without loving, you can't love without giving."
Tom Drout

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Illustration of Barbara Rosberg — "We all need love, but we need it most when we deserve it least — when we have sinned against someone, when we have made poor choices, when we have failed.  In these situations, ordinary love must become extra-ordinary love."

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Quotemeal is a daily dose of Christian quotes to inspire and encourage.