Quotemeal: Oct. 23rd, 2005

Sunday, October 23, 2005

"Lust is the craving for salt of a man who is dying of thirst."
— Frederick Buechner

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"Oh Lord, become the master of our passions, and the creator of our desires."
— R. Marklund —
"Till you can sing and rejoice and delight in God as misers do in gold, and kings in scepters, you can never enjoy the world."
— Thomas Traherne —
"I often wonder if my knowledge about God has not become my greatest stumbling block to my knowledge of God."
— Henri Nouwen —
"It is the acknowledgment of our humanity and our frailness that places us in a position to have a personal encounter with the living God."
— Os Hillman —

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Illustration of Frederick Buechner — "Lust is the craving for salt of a man who is dying of thirst."

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