Quotemeal for Monday, December 29, 2003

"The next time you find yourself alone in a dark alley facing the undeniables of life, don't cover them with a blanket, or ignore them with a nervous grin. Don't turn up the TV and pretend they aren't there. Instead, stand still, whisper his name, and listen. He is nearer than you think."

— Max Lucado

More Quotemeal

"Through a tree we were made debtors to God; so through a tree we have our debt canceled."

— Irenaeus —

"Look around the habitable world; how few know their own good, or knowing it, pursue."

— John Dryden —

"[King] David certainly was aware that his lust for power had become a barrier to inwardness. Careers, even religious careers, may become little more than forums..."

— Calvin Miller —

"We can do nothing, we say sometimes, we can only pray. That, we feel, is a terribly precarious second-best. So long as we can fuss and work and rush about, so....."

— A. J. Gossip —