Quotemeal: Apr. 16th, 1998

Thursday, April 16, 1998

"God gives us just enough to seek him, and never enough to fully find Him. To do more would inhibit our freedom, and our freedom is very dear to God."
— Ron Hansen

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"I believe in Christianity as I believe that the Sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else."
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"Perhaps one reason God delays His answers to our prayers is because He knows we need to be with Him far more than we need the things we ask of Him."
— Ben Patterson —

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Illustration of Ron Hansen — "God gives us just enough to seek him, and never enough to fully find Him. To do more would inhibit our freedom, and our freedom is very dear to God."

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