Quotemeal: Aug. 16th, 2007

Thursday, August 16, 2007

"The chief pang of most trials is not so much the actual suffering itself as our own spirit of resistance to it."
— Jean Nicolas Grou

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"Unwillingness to accept God's "way of escape" from temptation frightens me - what a rebel yet resides within."
— Jim Elliot —
"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 —
"God can change our circumstances, but sometimes He waits for us to show real desire for change as well as our faith in Him."
— Anne Graham Lotz —
"Insomuch as anyone pushes you nearer to God, they are your truest friend."
— Author Unknown —

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Illustration of Jean Nicolas Grou — "The chief pang of most trials is not so much the actual suffering itself as our own spirit of resistance to it."

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