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

More Quotemeal

"The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation."
"Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them."
Aristotle
"Prayer is a wine which makes glad the heart of man."
"Sometimes God has to put us flat on our back before we are looking up to Him."
Jack Graham

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