Quotemeal for Monday, April 12, 2010

"When we get our spiritual house in order, we'll be dead. This goes on. You arrive at enough certainty to be able to make your way, but it is making it in darkness. Don't expect faith to clear things up for you. It is trust, not certainty."

— Flannery O'Connor

More Quotemeal

"Those who keep speaking about the sun while walking under a cloudy sky are messengers of hope, the true saints of our day."

— Henri Nouwen —

"Hope is the word which God has written on the brow of every man."

— Victor Hugo —

"Unless the gospel is preached with contemporary relevance it has not been preached."

— Martin Luther —

"Contentment is not by addition but by subtraction: seeking to add a thing will not bring contentment. Instead, subtracting from your desires until you are..."

— Jeremiah Burroughs —