Quotemeal for Friday, September 4, 1959

"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

"How can we understand forgiveness if we haven't recognized the depth of our sin?"

— John Henry Newman —

"If a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it."

— Edgar Watson Howe —

"Without the aid of the divine, man cannot walk even an inch."

— Chinese Proverb —

"We need deliberately to call to mind the joys of our journey. Perhaps we should try to write down the blessings of one day. We might begin; we could never end;...."

— George A. Buttrick —