Quotemeal for Wednesday, May 22, 2002

"The spiritual life is a stern choice. It is not a consoling retreat from the difficulties of existence, but an invitation to enter fully into that difficult existence, and there apply the Charity of God, and bear the cost."

— Evelyn Underhill

More Quotemeal

"God is never too late, nor too early, but just on time."

— R. T. Kendall —

"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 —

"Those of us who are most familiar with the Spirit's promises are in the greatest danger. ... familiarity may not breed contempt, but it takes the edge off awe....."

— Jim McGuiggan —

"Affliction comes to the believer not to make him sad, but sober; not to make him sorry, but wise. Even as the plow enriches the field so that the seed is..."

— Henry Ward Beecher —