Quotemeal: Apr. 12th, 1962

Thursday, April 12, 1962

"When we get our spiritual house in order, we'll be dead. This goes on. You arrive at enough certainty to be able to make your way, but it is making it in darkness. Don't expect faith to clear things up for you. It is trust, not certainty."
— Flannery O'Connor

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"There is nothing we can do to make God love us more; there is nothing we can do to make God love us less."
— Philip Yancey —
"Those who will not be governed by God, will be ruled by tyrants."
— William Penn —
"A passion to obey Christ is born out of our relationship with him. The more we love him, the more we want him to be a part of our affairs."
— Calvin Miller —
"It is easy to want things from the Lord and yet not want the Lord Himself, as though the gift could ever be preferable to the Giver."
— St. Augustine of Hippo —

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Illustration of Flannery O'Connor — "When we get our spiritual house in order, we'll be dead. This goes on. You arrive at enough certainty to be able to make your way, but it is making it in darkness. Don't expect faith to clear things up for you. It is trust, not certainty."

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