Quotemeal: Dec. 18th, 1956

Tuesday, December 18, 1956

"To prepare our hearts for Christmas, we must cultivate the spirit of expectancy."
— Handel H. Brown

More Quotemeal

"Our misery is that we thirst so little for these sublime things, and so much for the mocking trifles of time and space."
"The true Christian is like sandalwood, which imparts its fragrance to the axe which cuts it, without doing any harm in return."
Sundar Singh
"True faith is never found alone; it is accompanied by expectation."
C. S. Lewis
"It's a good thing to have all the props pulled out from under us occasionally. It gives us some sense of what is rock under our feet, and what is sand."

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Illustration of Handel H. Brown — "To prepare our hearts for Christmas, we must cultivate the spirit of expectancy."

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