#nspirational

In the woods is perpetual youth. In the woods we return to faith and reason. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#naturalism #nature #nature-writing #faith

Amid the thousands of shrill voices screaming for our attention, there is but on Voice we need to hear. The voice of the Lord Jesus Christ. ↗

— David Jeremiah

#faith

If God himself can't save this world without sacrifice... how can we? ↗

— Matthew Tysz

#religious-faith #sacrifice #faith

Deep calls to deep at the noise of your waterfalls." Psalm 42:7 ↗

— Anonymous

#inspirational #prayer #water #waterfalls #faith

[Jesus] not only kept Himself from engaging in evil, He also continually acted in ways that honored and glorified god. He not only continually avoided the negative, He always pursued the positive. ↗

— David Jeremiah

#inspirational-quotes #faith

keep out your faith from cash.. or you will get nothing but crash. ↗

— Toge Aprilianto

#self-empowerment #faith

Don't you realize it's the doing that often gets us into trouble? It's not the doing that makes God happy. It's not about what we've done...it's about what been done for us. ↗

— Tricia Goyer

#inspirational #faith

Heaven is comfort, but it's still not living. ↗

— Alice Sebold

#haunting #imaginative #inspirational #murder #personal-growth

Until you get the measure of your own soul, Jim, don't be quick to condemn a priest, or anyone else for that matter. I'm not scolding you, sweetheart," she said hurriedly. "It's just that, until you've been there, you can't know what it's like to hold yourself to promises you made in good faith a long time ago. Do you hang in there, or cut your losses? Soldier on, or admit defeat and try to make the best of things?" She'd looked a little sheepish then and admitted, "You know, I used to be a real hardass about stuff like this. No retreat, no surrender! But now? Jimmy, I honestly don't know if the world would be better or worse if we all held ourselves to the vows of our youth. ↗

— Mary Doria Russell

#promises #faith

In this nonfundamentalist understanding of faith, practice is more important than theory, love more important than law, and mystery is seen as an insight into truth rather than an obstacle. It is the great lie of our time that all religious faith has to be fundamentalist to be valid. ↗

— Andrew Sullivan

#inspirational #religion #faith