Quotemeal: Dec. 22nd, 2005

Thursday, December 22, 2005

"How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep holidays than commandments."
— Benjamin Franklin

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"Our Father dwells in tents as well as in temples, but His favorite abiding-place is in the hearts of mankind."
— J. Fred Jones —
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— Oswald Chambers —
"All effective fathers learn the importance of a wise and flexible response to their children's calls for attention. No busy signals here. No "hold" button."
— Gordon McDonald —
"When God is about to do something great, he starts with a difficulty. When he is about to do something truly magnificent, he starts with an impossibility."
— Armin Gesswein —

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Illustration of Benjamin Franklin — "How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep holidays than commandments."

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