Quotemeal: Nov. 27th, 2002

Wednesday, November 27, 2002

"Love consents to all and commands only those who consent. Love is abdication. God is abdication."
— Simone Weil

More Quotemeal

"My liberty as a Christian should always be supremely shackled by the love I am commanded to have towards another."
"It is easier to renounce worldly possessions than it is to renounce the love of them."
"If you believe what you like in the gospel, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself."
"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."

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Illustration of Simone Weil — "Love consents to all and commands only those who consent.  Love is abdication.  God is abdication."

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