Quotemeal for Monday, January 20, 2003

"It is a vain thought to flee from the work that God appoints us, for the sake of finding a greater blessing, instead of seeking it where alone it is to be found - in loving obedience."

— George Eliot

More Quotemeal

"The world says, The more you take, the more you have. Christ says, the more you give, the more you are."

— Frederick Buechner —

"The right way to pray is to stretch out our hands and ask of One who we know has the heart of a Father."

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer —

"A man who prays without ceasing, if he achieves something, knows why he achieved it, and can take no pride in it... for he cannot attribute it to his own..."

— Dorotheus of Gaza —

"The people of God are not merely to mark time, waiting for God to step in and set right all that is wrong. Rather, they are to model the new heaven and new..."

— Philip Yancey —