Quotemeal: Oct. 15th, 1961

Sunday, October 15, 1961

"To be grateful is to recognize the love of God in everything He has given us — and He has given us everything. Every breath we draw is a gift of His love."
— Thomas Merton

More Quotemeal

"God loves us the way we are but He loves us too much to leave us that way."
"There is only one way to bring up a child in the way he should go and that is to travel that way yourself."
"It was not by dialectic that it pleased God to save His people; "for the kingdom of God consisteth in simplicity of faith, not in wordy contention.""
St. Ambrose
"Don't trust to hold God's hand; let Him hold yours. Let Him do the holding, and you the trusting."

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Illustration of Thomas Merton — "To be grateful is to recognize the love of God in everything He has given us — and He has given us everything.  Every breath we draw is a gift of His love."

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