Quotemeal: Apr. 12th, 2026

Sunday, April 12, 2026

"When we get our spiritual house in order, we'll be dead. This goes on. You arrive at enough certainty to be able to make your way, but it is making it in darkness. Don't expect faith to clear things up for you. It is trust, not certainty."
— Flannery O'Connor

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"There is nothing we can do to make God love us more; there is nothing we can do to make God love us less."
— Philip Yancey —
"The Glory of God, and, as our only means of glorifying Him, the salvation of human souls, is the real business of life."
— C. S. Lewis —
"What you do when you don't have to, determines what you will be when you can no longer help it."
— Rudyard Kipling —
"It is not the strength of your faith but the object of your faith that actually saves you."
— Timothy Keller —

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Illustration of Flannery O'Connor — "When we get our spiritual house in order, we'll be dead. This goes on. You arrive at enough certainty to be able to make your way, but it is making it in darkness. Don't expect faith to clear things up for you. It is trust, not certainty."

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