Quotemeal for Thursday, February 12, 1959

"The question we must ask our heart is, "Am I comfortable under the eye of God? Or is God getting too close?" We are strange and lovely creatures. We can ache for God tremendously yet find ourselves getting nervous if God gets too close. After all, the closer God gets, the more we hear the call to be divinized. It is both exciting and frightening to hear that call."

— MacRina Wiederkehr

More Quotemeal

"The only ultimate disaster that can befall us, I have come to realize, is to feel ourselves at home here on earth."

— Malcolm Muggeridge —

"The Bible tells us to love our neighbours, and also to love our enemies; probably because they are generally the same people."

— G. K. Chesterton —

"He does not believe, that does not live according to his belief."

— Thomas Fuller —

"If I slip into the place that can be filled by Christ alone, making myself the first necessity to a soul instead of leading it to fasten upon Him, then I know....."

— Amy Carmichael —