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

"A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams."

— John Barrymore —

"There is only one way to bring up a child in the way he should go and that is to travel that way yourself."

— Abraham Lincoln —

"Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand."

— St. Augustine of Hippo —

"I tell you, if you are serious about wanting to be like Christ, He is going to put you in circumstances where your only true choice is to become like Him."

— Francis Frangipane —