Quotemeal for Wednesday, September 16, 2015

"In some ways, it's those of us who are most familiar with the Spirit's promises who are in the greatest danger. Someone has said that familiarity may not breed contempt, but it takes the edge off of awe. Something like this is true about the rich texts and glory-filled promises that drop the jaws or widen the eyes of newcomers but provoke no more than a raised eyebrow in the old-timers who have ceased to dream."

— Jim McGuiggan

More Quotemeal

"There is nothing the body suffers the soul may not profit by."

— George Meredith —

"Everyone may be entitled to his own opinion but everyone is not entitled to his own truth. Truth is but one."

— Doug Groothius —

"I often wonder if my knowledge about God has not become my greatest stumbling block to my knowledge of God."

— Henri Nouwen —

"For the rest of my life I'm going to trust that God is always at work in all things, and give him thanks long before my simplest prayers are answered."

— Nancy Parker Brummett —