Quotemeal for Friday, November 21, 2003

"Does God indeed need to rest? Of course not! But did God choose to rest? Yes. Why? Because God subjected creation to a rhythm of rest and work that He revealed by observing the rhythm Himself, as a precedent for everyone else. In this way, He showed us a key to order in our private worlds."

— Gordon McDonald

More Quotemeal

"To be subjected to God's will is not only to give Him priority in our lives, it is but to give Him complete control.|"

— Avery D. Miller —

"We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.||"

— C. S. Lewis —

"From David learn to give thanks for everything. Every furrow in the Book of Psalms is sown with the seeds of thanksgiving."

— Jeremy Taylor —

"The little troubles and worries of life may be as stumbling blocks in our way, or we may make them stepping-stones to a nobler character and to Heaven. Troubles..."

— Henry Ward Beecher —