Here is a selection of independent quotations from books I am reading. I hope they offer as much food for thought for you as they have for me!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
\u201cEvery one says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until they have something to forgive, as we had during the war.\u201d (Lewis, Mere Christianity)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
\u201cResting in the love of God doesn\u2019t squelch ambition; it fuels it with a different fire. I don\u2019t have to strive to get God to love me; rather, because God loves me unconditionally, I\u2019m free to take risks and launch out into the deep. I\u2019m released to aspire to use my gifts in gratitude, caught up in God\u2019s mission for the sake of the world. When you\u2019ve been found, you\u2019re free to fail.\u201d (Smith, On the Road with Saint Augustine)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
\u201cO Lord, the house of my soul is narrow; enlarge it that you may enter in. It is ruined, O repair it! It displeases your sight; I confess it, I know. But who shall cleanse it, or to whom shall I cry but unto you? Cleanse me from my secret faults, O Lord, and spare your servant from sin.\u201d Augustine<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
\u201cLord Jesus, you are light from eternal lights. You have dissolved all spiritual darkness and my soul is filled with your brightness. Your light makes all things beautiful. At night you give rest to our bodies. By day you spur us on to work. May I work with diligence and devotion, that at night my conscience is at peace. As I lay down on my bed at night, may your fingers draw down my eyelids. Lay your hand of blessing on my head that righteous sleep may descend upon me.\u201d Gregory of Nazianzus<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Here is a selection of independent quotations from books I am reading. I hope they offer as much food for thought for you as they have for me! \u201cEvery one says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until they have something … Continue reading