#god

a criminal sketch of Christ on a diner napkin -'Poet Prophets ↗

— Amber Koneval

#christian #god #identity #religion #religion

(Wallace) Stevens turns to the idea of the weather precisely as the religious man turns to the idea of God. ↗

— Harold Bloom

#poetry #religion #wallace-stevens #weather #religion

Nothing out there tells us how we must live: we and we alone can now with confidence knowingly trust our own hearts, and admit that we do and must invent our own ethics. ↗

— Don Cupitt

#religion #religion

The chief purpose of life, for any of us, is to increase according to our capacity our knowledge of God by all means we have, and to be moved by it to praise and thanks. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#praise #the-purpose-of-life #life

It is interesting that Hindus, when they speak of the creation of the universe do not call it the work of God, they call it the play of God, the Vishnu lila, lila meaning play. And they look upon the whole manifestation of all the universes as a play, as a sport, as a kind of dance — lila perhaps being somewhat related to our word lilt ↗

— Alan Wilson Watts

#god #play #sports

Do not fear weakness. Lean on God who will be your strength through every dark storm. ↗

— Dana Arcuri

#god #hope #inspirational-quotes #faith

You know, I feel that God isn't going to put something in front of me that I can't deal with. ↗

— Lloyd Banks

#feel #front #god #going #i

Every relationship for a Christian is an opportunity to love another person like God has loved us. ↗

— Joshua Harris

#god #i-kissed-dating-goodbye #joshua-harris #love #relationship-with-god

Only one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet. ↗

— Mark Twain

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[God says] Discipleship is not limited to what you can comprehend - it must transcend all comprehension. Plunge into the deep waters beyond your own comprehension, and I will help you to comprehend even as I do. Bewilderment is the true comprehension. Not to know where you are going is the true knowledge. My comprehension transcends yours. ↗

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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