Quotemeal: Aug. 17th, 2010

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

"Perhaps one reason God delays His answers to our prayers is because He knows we need to be with Him far more than we need the things we ask of Him."
— Ben Patterson

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"We are all healers who can reach out and offer health, and we are all patients in constant need of help."
— Henri Nouwen —
"Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much."
— Blaise Pascal —
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— Calvin Miller —
"We cannot live with bitterness because it will first manifest itself in our spirit, then in our emotions, and finally in our bodies."
— Tom Drout —

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Illustration of Ben Patterson — "Perhaps one reason God delays His answers to our prayers is because He knows we need to be with Him far more than we need the things we ask of Him."

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