#glory

In any miracle, chase the causation back far enough and eventually you'll find yourself irrepressibly singing in praise of the marvelous goodness of God's creation. ↗

— Matthew Lee Anderson

#miracles #faith

[Amy Carmichael's] great longing was to have a "single eye" for the glory of God. Whatever might blur the vision God had give her of His work, whatever could distract or deceive or tempt other to seek anything but the Lord Jesus Himself she tried to eliminate. ↗

— Elisabeth Elliot

#glory-of-god #life

What if that were true? Was that so bad? To have created love like that out of absolutely nothing—it was a sort of miracle, wasn't it? To have set that kind of example for their son—for Flash—for everyone who saw them fumbling along together, walking, talking, marveling at life. It was a kind of glory, if he thought about it, he realized. A common uncontested outright glory for mankind, he thought. Like each and every unnamed, uncontested, unsung star up there, coupling with the dark for us to contemplate in silence. ↗

— Marianne Wiggins

#love #love

He compuesto un poema a la victoria: ¡Quién lo hubiera creído! ¡El doctor MacRae ha sonreído! ¡Es verdad! ↗

— Jean Webster

#love #smile #love

move from an earthly mindset that makes us bristle at the thought of submission to a joyful expectation of good, we must focus on the One who is leading. We must look at the full spectrum of His love, grace, and wisdom. ↗

— Amy Layne Litzelman

#obedience #love

Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness. ↗

— Aristotle

#aiming #also #always #because #beyond

The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory. That's the essence of it. ↗

— Vince Lombardi

#being #coming #essence #glory #knees

By reading the scriptures I am so renewed that all nature seems renewed around me and with me. The sky seems to be a pure, a cooler blue, the trees a deeper green. The whole world is charged with the glory of God and I feel fire and music under my feet. ↗

— Thomas Merton

#am #around #blue #charged #cooler

The American flag, Old Glory, standing tall and flying free over American soil for 228 years is the symbol of our beloved country. It is recognized from near and afar, and many lives have been lost defending it. ↗

— Jeff Miller

#american #american flag #been #beloved #beloved country

I feel like I experienced my 20s in all their glory and all their disastrousness. ↗

— Sienna Miller

#feel #glory #i #i feel #i feel like