#god

We designate the spirit of the well as 'she' because in most of her personifications she takes a female form, though not invariably. She appears in many guises - ghost, witch, saint, mermaid, fairy, and sometimes in animal form, often as a sacred fish - and her presence permeates well lore, and indeed water lore generally. ↗

— Colin Bord

#ghost #holy-well #holy-wells #mermaid #sacred-fish

There either is a god or there is not; there is a 'design' or not. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#god #intelligent-design #religion #design

Man was designed in a way in which he must eat in order to give him a solid reason to go to work everyday. This helps to keep him out of trouble. God is wise. ↗

— Criss Jami

#design #discipline #eating #food #god

We look high and low for God, but somehow He's not there. So we blame Him and tell ourselves that He must have forgotten us. Or else we decide that He left us long ago, if He was ever around." "How strange," the little fish said, "to miss what is everywhere." "Very strange," the old whale agreed. "Doesn't it remind you of fish who say they're thirsty? ↗

— Michael Jackson

#faith

Everything God does has purpose and intention behind that design. It is a master design, and every little thing has its proper place and function. ↗

— A.W. Tozer

#god #purpose #work #design

You’re trying to carry everything in your life by yourself. And you are falling under the weight of it but that was never God’s intention. He doesn’t want you to carry it yourself. You can’t do it, only God can do that. And that’s what he says, He says: "I never meant for you to go through this by yourself. I wanna go through it with you. I wanna carry it for you. ↗

— Lacey Mosley

#christianity #flyleaf #god #inspirational #intention

The argument from design is hopelessly flawed. Building cathedrals from the top down would provide much better evidence. ↗

— Bauvard

#cathedrals #funny #god #humor #design

The practice of the presence of God, though we begin it at special times of prayer, is designed to spill out and over and into all times. ↗

— Peter Kreeft

#god #prayer #design

God, A Poem 'I didn't exist at Creation, I didn't exist at the Flood, And I won't be around for Salvation To sort out the sheep from the cud- 'Or whatever the phrase is. The fact is In soteriological terms I'm a crude existential malpractice And you are a diet of worms ↗

— James Fenton

#poetry #diet

ابتلع معي يقينان أبتهل إلى الله دائمًا أن لا يحرمني منهما: يقيني بعدله ، ويقيني برحمته. إن ضاعا منِّي ، فإن حياتي كّلها ستؤول إلى خراب عظيم و مخزٍ لن يُقيله شيء ،ولن يغفره شيء. ↗

— ليلى الجهني

#god #justice #life #mercy #life