Quotemeal: Oct. 10th, 1958

Friday, October 10, 1958

"God sees with utter clarity who we are. He is undeceived as to our warts and wickedness. But when God looks at us that is not all He sees. He also sees who we are intended to be, who we will one day become."
— John Ortberg

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"He loves each one of us, as if there were only one of us."
— St. Augustine of Hippo —
"If we really think that home is elsewhere, and that this life is a 'wandering to find home,' why should I not look forward to the arrival?"
— C. S. Lewis —
"Back of the loaf is the snowy flour,|And back of the flour is the mill;|And back of the mill is the wheat, and the shower|And the sun, and the Father's will."
— Maltbie D. Babcock —
"A comprehended god is no god."
— St. John Chrysostom —

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Illustration of John Ortberg — "God sees with utter clarity who we are. He is undeceived as to our warts and wickedness. But when God looks at us that is not all He sees. He also sees who we are intended to be, who we will one day become."

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