Quotemeal: Feb. 16th, 2008

Saturday, February 16, 2008

"God usually answers our prayers so much more according to the measure of His own magnificence, than of our asking, that we do not recognize His benefits to be those for which we sought Him."
— Coventry Patmore

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"A gem cannot be polished without friction; the child of God cannot be perfected without adversity."
— Author Unknown —
"The great thing, and the only thing, is to adore and praise God."
— Thomas Merton —
"Faith is unutterable trust in God, trust which never dreams that He will not stand by us."
— Oswald Chambers —
"I will not work my soul to save,|For that my Lord alone has done;|But I will work like any slave |Because I'm loved by God's dear Son!"
— William Henry Griffith Thomas —

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Illustration of Coventry Patmore — "God usually answers our prayers so much more according to the measure of His own magnificence, than of our asking, that we do not recognize His benefits to be those for which we sought Him."

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