Quotemeal for Tuesday, September 8, 1959

"There is a big difference between mishearing and hearing only what we want to hear, right? We, the people of God, seem to have chronic 'itching ears,' and we can usually find somebody to scratch till we say 'Aaahh' (2 Tim. 4:3). Given the option, we will usually choose bigger barns to serve ourselves over bigger hearts to serve others (Luke 12:13-21)."

— Scotty Smith

More Quotemeal

"Whoever gossips to you will gossip of you."

— Spanish Proverb —

"We evalutate others with a godlike justice, but we want them to evaluate us with a godlike compassion."

— Sydney J. Harris —

"The greatest of all visions is to see Christ, indeed, to see God, in the frail and glorious human family of the world."

— MacRina Wiederkehr —

"We need deliberately to call to mind the joys of our journey. Perhaps we should try to write down the blessings of one day. We might begin; we could never end;...."

— George A. Buttrick —