In case you haven't noticed, most of the blogs posted here are inspired by other people's words. I have a deep appreciation for prayers and quotes from saints - past and present. I also like the occasional movie or television quote that makes me think or laugh. I am relatively sure I can call up a quote for just about any occasion. In fact, as I talk to people I often find myself thinking of quotes, verses, or songs that describe them (or what they are talking about at the moment).
All of this got me thinking that it might be fun for us to word-share. This is your opportunity to share a quote, prayer, poem, or passage that inspires you or brings you joy. Share anything (tasteful, of course) - sacred or secular.
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"Pray for prayer-pray till you can pray; pray to be helped to pray, and give not up praying because you cannot pray, for it is when you think you cannot pray that you are most praying."
Charles Spurgeon
Remember the sufferings of Christ, the storms that were weathered...the crown that came from those sufferings which gave new radiance to the faith...all saints give testimony to the truth that without real effort, no one ever wins the crown.
Thomas a Becket
"Love the creature as it leads to the Creator." - John Wesley
"Life from the Center is a life of unhurried peace and power. It is simple. It is serene. We need not get frantic. He is at the helm. And when our little day is done we lie down quietly in peace, for all is well." - Thomas Kelly
"Too many Christians are no longer fishers of men, but keepers of the aquarium." - Paul Harvey
This longish quote from George MacDonald has uplifted my soul on many occasions.
"Troubled soul, thou art not bound to feel, but thou art bound to arise. God loves thee whether thou feelest or not. Thou canst not love when thou wilt, but thou art bound to fight the hatred in thee to the last. Try not to feel good when thou art not good, but cry to Him who is good. He changes not because thou changest. Nay, he has an especial tenderness of love towards thee for that thou art in the dark and hast no light, and his heart is glad when thou dost arise and say, "I will go to my Father." For he sees thee through all the gloom through which thou canst not see him. Will thou his will. Say to him: "My God, I am very dull and low and hard; but thou art wise and high and tender, and thou art my God. I am thy child. Forsake me not." Then fold the arms of thy faith, and wait in quietness until light goes up in thy darkness. Fold the arms of thy Faith I say, but not of thy Action: bethink thee of something that thou oughtest to do, and go and do it, if it be but the sweeping of a room, or the preparing of a meal, or a visit to a friend. Heed not thy feelings: Do thy work.
As God lives by his own will, and we live in him, so has he given to us power to will in ourselves. How much better should we not fare if, finding that we are standing with our heads bowed away from the good, finding that we have no feeble inclination to seek the source of our life, we should yet will upwards toward God, rousing that essence of life in us, which he has given us from his own heart, to call again upon him who is our Life, who can fill the emptiest heart, rouse the deadest conscience, quicken the dullest feeling, and strengthen the feeblest will!"
George MacDonald
Unspoken Sermons
"The Eloi"
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