For though we very truly hear that the kingdom of God will be filled with splendor, joy, happiness and glory, yet when these things are spoken of, they remain utterly remote from our perception, and as it were, wrapped in obscurities, until that day when he will reveal to us his glory, that we may … Continue reading “GOD’S
GLORY”
GOD’S GIFTS
God’s gifts put man’s best dreams to shame. Elizabeth Barrett Browning I have experienced that the habit of taking out of the hand of our Lord every little blessing and brightness on our path, confirms us, in an especial manner, in communion with his love. M.A. Schimmeleninck God often gives in one brief moment that … Continue reading “GOD’S
GIFTS”
GOD’S CARE
The very hairs of your head are all numbered. The Bible, Matthew 10:30 kjv You will support us both when little and even to grey hairs. Augustine of Hippo The heart of the Christian gospel is precisely that God is the all holy One; the all powerful One is also the One full of mercy … Continue reading “GOD’S
CARE”
GOD’S BLESSING
He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass. The Bible, Psalm 72:6 kjv It is seriously wrong to have more regard for God’s blessings than for God himself: prayer and detachment. John of the Cross
GODLESSNESS
A world without God must soon be a world without goodness. Warren Akin Candler There is practically nothing that men do not prefer to God. A tiresome detail of business, an occupation utterly pernicious to health, the employment of time in ways one does not dare to mention. Anything rather than God. Francois Fénelon
GODLESS
A man without God is not like a cake without raisins; he is like a cake without the flour and milk; he lacks the essential ingredients. Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
GOD, AS CREATOR
“What is the object of my love?” I asked the earth and it said: “It is not I.” I asked all that is in it; they made the same confession … I asked the sea, the deeps, the living creatures that creep, and they responded: “We are not your God, look beyond us.” I asked … Continue reading “GOD,
AS CREATOR”
GOD AND HUMANKIND
Without God, we cannot. Without us, God will not. Augustine of Hippo Where there is no God, there is no man. Nicholas Berdayev The Ground of God and the ground of the soul are one and the same. Meister Eckhart The relationship between God and a man is more private and intimate than any possible … Continue reading “GOD
AND HUMANKIND”
GOD AND CREATION
God dwells in His creation and is everywhere indivisibly present in all His works. He is transcendent above all His works even while He is immanent within them. A.W. Tozer
GOD, UNITY OF
No mortal creature can comprehend God in his majesty, and therefore did he come before us in the simplest manner, and was made man, with, sin, death, and weakness. Martin Luther If God is a living God, we should not therefore be surprised to find a complexity within his unity. Robert Brow God, the cause … Continue reading “GOD,
UNITY OF”