Quotemeal for Sunday, September 4, 1955

"To be forged upon the anvil of God's purpose, to be at once His hammer, His tongs, and His molten iron; to hear words that rend the heart, see visions that pierce the chest; to be emptied like an urn, again and again and again until one desires only rest, only an end to the refilling — and to know one cannnot live without the refilling. To be given words that one dare not speak, and to feel those words churning and boiling in the belly until one must speak them aloud, or die. To be despised, soon or late, by everyone except Adonai — and to desire it so, while hating it. This is to be a prophet."

— Thom Lemmons

More Quotemeal

"Even if it's a little thing, do something for those who have need of help, something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it."

— Albert Schweitzer —

"A passion to obey Christ is born out of our relationship with him. The more we love him, the more we want him to be a part of our affairs."

— Calvin Miller —

"I believe in God like I believe in the sun rise. Not because I can see it, but because I can see all that it touches."

— C. S. Lewis —

"When God turns away from us because of selfishness, it is not rejection. Rather, it is an invitation to follow Him to a place we would rather not go."

— Brennan Manning —