Quotemeal: Dec. 7th, 1955

Wednesday, December 7, 1955

"And I smiled to think God's greatness flowed round our incompleteness ..."
— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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"Invisible in His own nature [God] became visible in ours. Beyond our grasp, He chose to come within our grasp."
— Leo the Great —
"It is not the business of the church to adapt Christ to men, but men to Christ."
— Dorothy Sayers —
"Why is purity such a struggle? Why is it so difficult to order our lives in a way that allows Christ to shine through us? ... We destroy purity by equating it....."
— David Edwards —
"If I slip into the place that can be filled by Christ alone, making myself the first necessity to a soul instead of leading it to fasten upon Him, then I know....."
— Amy Carmichael —

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Illustration of Elizabeth Barrett Browning — "And I smiled to think God's greatness flowed round our incompleteness ..."

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