Quotemeal: Jan. 1st, 2002

Tuesday, January 1, 2002

"Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunder-storm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Even when a new century begins it is only we mortals who ring bells and fire off pistols."
— Thomas Mann

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Illustration of Thomas Mann — "Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunder-storm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Even when a new century begins it is only we mortals who ring bells and fire off pistols."

Other Devotionals from Heartlight for Tuesday, January 1, 2002

Morning & Evening
The classic twice-daily devotional from Charles H. Spurgeon.
Evening Thought: Revelation 3:7
"Jesus is the keeper of the gates of paradise and before every believing soul he setteth an open door, which no man or devil shall be able to close..."
Daily Wisdom
A daily devotional featuring wise counsel found in Scripture.
Deuteronomy 4:29
"But if from there you seek the Lord your God, you will find him if you look for him with all your heart and with all your soul."
Unstoppable!
A one-year devotional guide through the book of Acts.
'The News Spread Quickly' (Acts 11:1)
"Soon the news reached the apostles and other believers in Judea that the Gentiles had received the word of God."
Today's Verse
A daily devotional featuring a Bible verse, thought and prayer.
Proverbs 23:24
"The father of a righteous man has great joy; he who has a wise son delights in him."

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