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The Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, said, When Allah loves a people, He tries them. ↗

— Leila Aboulela

#islam #spirituality #faith

God reproduces and lives out His image in millions of ordinary people like us. It is a supreme mystery. We are called to bear that image as a Body because any one of us taken individually would present an incomplete image, one partly false and always distorted, like a single glass chip hacked from a mirror. But collectively, in all our diversity, we can come together as a community of believers to restore the image of God in the world. (In His Image, Philip Yancey and Dr. Paul Brand, p. 40) ↗

— Philip Yancey

#christian-living #faith #grace #faith

God is not a celestial prison warden jangling the keys on a bunch of lifers--he's a shepherd seeking for sheep, a woman searching for coins, a father waiting for his son. ↗

— Clarence Jordan

#philosophy #religion #faith

You were born into this life equipped to succeed. You are a part of God’s perfect plan. Yes, you. The plan would not be perfect if you were missing. Think about that. You matter more than you know. ↗

— Toni Sorenson

#god #life #success #faith

Love is primal. It is comprised of compassion, care, security, and a leap of faith. ↗

— Jay Allison

#love #faith

Faith, hope and love," says Charles G. Ames, "are purifiers of the blood. ↗

— The Girl Wanted by Nixon Waterman

#hope #love #faith

Some things have to be believed to be seen ↗

— Ralph Hodgson

#faith

Labor omnia vincit! "Labor conquers all things! ↗

— Kristin Chenoweth

#faith

Those might not be the very best judges of the relation of religion to happiness who, by their own account, had neither one nor the other. ↗

— G.K. Chesterton

#pessimism #skepticism #faith

He asks for your own heart. Give it such as it is ... Are we not aware that everything that is remitted into His divine hands is converted to good? ↗

— St. Francis de Sales

#god #faith