Quotemeal for Monday, September 4, 2023

"To be forged upon the anvil of God's purpose, to be at once His hammer, His tongs, and His molten iron; to hear words that rend the heart, see visions that pierce the chest; to be emptied like an urn, again and again and again until one desires only rest, only an end to the refilling — and to know one cannnot live without the refilling. To be given words that one dare not speak, and to feel those words churning and boiling in the belly until one must speak them aloud, or die. To be despised, soon or late, by everyone except Adonai — and to desire it so, while hating it. This is to be a prophet."

— Thom Lemmons

More Quotemeal

"Even though times of transition are tough, the riches of refinement are worth the pain of loneliness and frustration."

— Susannah Ince —

"Unwillingness to accept God's "way of escape" from temptation frightens me - what a rebel yet resides within."

— Jim Elliot —

"A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless."

— Simone Weil —

"For the rest of my life I'm going to trust that God is always at work in all things, and give him thanks long before my simplest prayers are answered."

— Nancy Parker Brummett —