Quotemeal: Aug. 9th, 2003

Saturday, August 9, 2003

"God tolerates even our stammering, and pardons our ignorance whenever something inadvertently escapes us — as, indeed, without this mercy there would be no freedom to pray."
— John Calvin

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"Why can't we build orphanages next to homes for the aged? If someone's sitting in a rocker, it won't be long before a kid will be in his lap."
— Cloris Leachman —
"He who waits to do a great deal of good at once, will never do anything."
— Samuel Johnson —
"If I could hear Christ praying for me in the next room, I would not fear a million enemies. Yet distance makes no difference. He is praying for me."
— Robert Murray M'Cheyne —
"Joy is the experience of knowing that you are unconditionally loved."
— Henri Nouwen —

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Illustration of John Calvin — "God tolerates even our stammering, and pardons our ignorance whenever something inadvertently escapes us — as, indeed, without this mercy there would be no freedom to pray."

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