Quotemeal for Friday, August 20, 2010

"Affliction comes to the believer not to make him sad, but sober; not to make him sorry, but wise. Even as the plow enriches the field so that the seed is multiplied a thousandfold, so affliction should magnify our joy and increase our spiritual harvest."

— Henry Ward Beecher

More Quotemeal

"A theology without spirituality would be a sterile academic exercise."

— John Macquarrie —

"The Bible tells us to love our neighbours, and also to love our enemies; probably because they are generally the same people."

— G. K. Chesterton —

"Beginning well is a momentary thing; finishing well is a lifelong thing."

— Ravi Zacharias —

"If ever I reach heaven I expect to find three wonders there: first, to meet some I had not thought to see there; second, to miss some I had expected to see..."

— John Newton —