Quotemeal: Aug. 8th, 1955

Monday, August 8, 1955

"Do not desire crosses, unless you have borne well those laid on you; it is an abuse to long after martyrdom while unable to bear an insult patiently."
— François de Sales

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"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep, to gain what he cannot lose."
— Jim Elliot —
"The door of God is humility. Our fathers, through the many insults which they suffered, entered the city of God."
— John the Short —
"Real encouragement occurs when words are spoken from a heart of love to another's recognized fear."
— Larry Crabb —
"Satan, the Hinderer, may build a barrier about us, but he can never roof us in, so that we cannot look up."
— J. Hudson Taylor —

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Illustration of François de Sales — "Do not desire crosses, unless you have borne well those laid on you; it is an abuse to long after martyrdom while unable to bear an insult patiently."

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