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George MacDonald gives me renewed strength during times of trouble--times when I have seen people tempted to deny God--when he says, "The Son of God suffered unto death, not that men might not suffer, but that their sufferings might be like his. ↗

— Madeleine L'Engle

#george-macdonald #suffering #art

So what do you do when you are stuck? The first thing I do when I am stuck is pray. But I’m not talking about a quick, Help me Lord, Sunday’s a comin’ prayer. When I get stuck I get up from my desk to head for my closet. Literally. If I‘m at the office I go over to a corner that I have deemed my closet away from home. I get on my knees and remind God that this was not my idea, it was His… None of this is new information to God… Then I ask God to show me if there is something He wants to say to prepare me for what He wants me to communicate to our congregation. I surrender my ideas, my outline and my topic. Then I just stay in that quiet place until God quiets my heart… Many times I will have a breakthrough thought or idea that brings clarity to my message. . . Like you, I am simply a mouthpiece. Getting stuck is one way God keeps me ever conscious of that fact. ↗

— Andy Stanley

#inspiration #prayer #writing-life #writing-process #change

Mountains don't move do they?' 'Not unless they encounter faith,'(...) ↗

— Nilanjan P. Choudhury

#faith

Even now, there are still days so beautiful, I almost believe in God. (132) ↗

— Ann Hood

#atheism #beauty #belief #faith #god

We have the incredible privilege of serving in the highest offices in the state. We must prove ourselves worthy of our fellow citizens' faith. We must be trusted to always place the public's good above our own and to always choose fairness over favoritism. ↗

— Jodi Rell

#always #choose #citizens #fairness #faith

There is nothing that can happen TO you that can’t also happen FOR you…if you’ll let it. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#destiny #everything-happens-for-a-reason #faith #glass-half-full #good-attitude

It helps, I think, to consider ourselves on a very long journey: the main thing is to keep to the faith, to endure, to help each other when we stumble or tire, to weep and press on. ↗

— Mary Richards

#each #endure #faith #help #helps

I lost my faith in my faithlessness. I believe I’m a nonbeliever now. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#humor #faith

Our happiness consists in sharing the happiness of God, the perfection of His unlimited freedom, the perfection of His love. ↗

— Thomas Merton

#god #happiness #love #faith

Whether you want to or not, you do serve as a role model. People will always put more faith in baseball players than anyone else. ↗

— Brooks Robinson

#anyone #baseball #baseball players #else #faith