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The darker side of the City tried to emphasize the selfish parts of me by encouraging my sense of entitlement and my desire for personal space. But God seemed to whisper that the alternative existed: to let Him grow humility and concern for others in a way I had never experienced, to live out His peace amid whirling chaos. (p.67) ↗

— Tara Leigh Cobble

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Every Sunday I nudge Sam in her direction, and he walks to where she is sitting and hugs her. She smells him behind the ears, where he most smells like sweet unwashed new potatoes. This is in fact what I think God may smell like, a young child's slightly dirty neck. ↗

— Anne Lamott

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We are not to be occupied with our feelings or symptoms, or our faith or lack of faith, but only with what God has said ↗

— Gordon Lindsay

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[God] is a kind of perpetual critique of instrumental reason. ↗

— Terry Eagleton

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A trip to the cancer unit of any pediatric hospital will tell you that the Law of Attraction doesn't work. Some angels are so bright, brave and valiant that God gave them the hardest lives when they chose to come to earth. They don't need to pray to be saved because they already are. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

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God did not mean us to be ignorant. He left us this marvelous universe to decipher and understand. ↗

— James Targett

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God doesn't stop crisis from coming, as He didn't stop Christ from coming. Things have their reasons for happening, we need not to faint, but rather have faith that we are never alone. ↗

— Anthony Liccione

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Why are we worried!" Rolf said suddenly. "This is God's work. He'll make a way for us. ↗

— Brother Andrew

#god-s-provision #worry #faith

Where was God? In him and his question. ↗

— George MacDonald

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If He is with me I care not where I go. ↗

— St. Francis de Sales

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