Quotemeal for Tuesday, September 4, 2007

"To be forged upon the anvil of God's purpose, to be at once His hammer, His tongs, and His molten iron; to hear words that rend the heart, see visions that pierce the chest; to be emptied like an urn, again and again and again until one desires only rest, only an end to the refilling — and to know one cannnot live without the refilling. To be given words that one dare not speak, and to feel those words churning and boiling in the belly until one must speak them aloud, or die. To be despised, soon or late, by everyone except Adonai — and to desire it so, while hating it. This is to be a prophet."

— Thom Lemmons

More Quotemeal

"If the blind put their hand in God's they find their way more surely than those who see but have not faith or purpose."

— Helen Keller —

— Julian of Norwich —

"Funerals, divorces, illnesses, and stays in the hospital — you can't lie about life at such times. Maybe that's why he's always present at such moments."

— Max Lucado —

"One of the ways that our faith expresses itself is by our ability to be still, to be present, and not to panic or lose perspective. God still does his best work..."

— Tim Hansel —