Quotemeal: Dec. 10th, 1956

Monday, December 10, 1956

"Some complain because the rose has thorns; Some give thanks because the thorns have roses."
— Barbara Johnson

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"Sin is not an unfortunate slip or a regrettable act; it is a posture of defiance against a holy God."
— Max Lucado —
"Worship is the highest and noblest activity of which man, by the grace of God, is capable."
— John Stott —
"God has a history of using the insignificant to accomplish the impossible."
— Richard Exley —
"If we would talk less and pray more about them, things would be better than they are in the world: at least, we should be better enabled to bear them."
— John Owen —

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Illustration of Barbara Johnson — "Some complain because the rose has thorns; Some give thanks because the thorns have roses."

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