Quotemeal: Aug. 17th, 1954

Tuesday, August 17, 1954

"Perhaps one reason God delays His answers to our prayers is because He knows we need to be with Him far more than we need the things we ask of Him."
— Ben Patterson

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"The most valuable thing the Psalms do for me is to express the same delight in God which made David dance."
— C. S. Lewis —
"Goodness is the only investment that never fails."
— Henry David Thoreau —
"Death is not a period but a comma in the story of life."
— Amos J. Farver —
"It is easy to want things from the Lord and yet not want the Lord Himself, as though the gift could ever be preferable to the Giver."
— St. Augustine of Hippo —

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Illustration of Ben Patterson — "Perhaps one reason God delays His answers to our prayers is because He knows we need to be with Him far more than we need the things we ask of Him."

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