Quotemeal: Dec. 31st, 1969

Wednesday, December 31, 1969

"Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go."
— Brooks Atkinson

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"How can we understand forgiveness if we haven't recognized the depth of our sin?"
— John Henry Newman —
"It is impossible to comfort men's hearts with the love of God when their feet are perishing with cold."
— William Booth —
"I have been tortured with longing to believe ... and the yearning grows stronger the more cogent the intellectual difficulties stand in the way."
— Fyodor Dostoevsky —
"The test of love is in how one relates not to saints and scholars but to rascals."
— Abraham Joshua Heschel —

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Illustration of Brooks Atkinson — "Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go."

Other Devotionals from Heartlight for Wednesday, December 31, 1969

Daily Wisdom
A daily devotional featuring wise counsel found in Scripture.
Proverbs 8:13
"To fear the Lord is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech."
Praying with Paul
Features the apostle Paul's writings turned into daily, powerful prayers.
'God's Grace' (Ro. 5:1-5)
"Dear Father, giver of your Holy Spirit, Thank you for justifying me through faith, so that now I have peace with you through the Lord Jesus Christ......"
What Jesus Did!
A daily guide from the gospels that challenges readers to live for Jesus.
'He Is the One' (Jn. 1:31-33)
"[John the Baptizer said,] "I did not recognize [Jesus] as the Messiah, but I have been baptizing with water so that he might be revealed to Israel." ..."
Morning & Evening
The classic twice-daily devotional from Charles H. Spurgeon.
Evening Thought: Psalms 119:37
"There are divers kinds of vanity. The cap and bells of the fool, the mirth of the world, the dance, the lyre, and the cup of the dissolute, all these...."

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