Quotemeal for Sunday, February 16, 2003

"Our hope in God pulls us into the future. Hope allows us to affirm the reality of the abundant life that is ours in Christ. Hope allows us to stand with those in pain and to hold them until they are able to feel the love of God for themselves again. Hope allows us to work to bring God's reign upon the earth even when we see no results. Our hope begins and ends in God, the source of all hope."

— Mary Lou Redding

More Quotemeal

"Do not let your happiness depend on something you may lose... only [upon] the Beloved who will never pass away."

— C. S. Lewis —

"The Bible tells us to love our neighbours, and also to love our enemies; probably because they are generally the same people."

— G. K. Chesterton —

"Think of these things: whence you came, where you are going, and to whom you must account."

— Benjamin Franklin —

"The trouble with nearly everybody who prays is that he says "Amen" and runs away before God has a chance to reply. Listening to God is far more important than....."

— Frank Laubach —