Quotemeal for Tuesday, September 4, 2007

"To be forged upon the anvil of God's purpose, to be at once His hammer, His tongs, and His molten iron; to hear words that rend the heart, see visions that pierce the chest; to be emptied like an urn, again and again and again until one desires only rest, only an end to the refilling — and to know one cannnot live without the refilling. To be given words that one dare not speak, and to feel those words churning and boiling in the belly until one must speak them aloud, or die. To be despised, soon or late, by everyone except Adonai — and to desire it so, while hating it. This is to be a prophet."

— Thom Lemmons

More Quotemeal

"Peace if possible, truth at all costs."

— Martin Luther —

"Every one that hangs about the court does not speak to the king."

— Thomas Watson —

"He that begins by loving Christianity better than truth will proceed by loving his own sect or church better than Christianity, and end in loving himself better..."

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge —

"Few things are more infectious than a godly lifestyle. The people you rub shoulders with everyday need that kind of challenge. Not prudish. Not preachy. ..."

— Charles Swindoll —