Quotemeal: Jan. 1st, 2014

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

"Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunder-storm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Even when a new century begins it is only we mortals who ring bells and fire off pistols."
— Thomas Mann

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"We read not that Christ ever exercised force but once; and that was to drive profane ones out of his Temple, not to force them in."
— John Milton —
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— Adelaide Proctor —
"Once in seven years I burn all my sermons; for it is a shame, if I cannot write better sermons now than I did seven years ago."
— John Wesley —
"Forgiveness is the fragrance that a flower leaves upon the heel that crushes it."
— Author Unknown —

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Illustration of Thomas Mann — "Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunder-storm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Even when a new century begins it is only we mortals who ring bells and fire off pistols."

Other Devotionals from Heartlight for Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Morning & Evening
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Morning Thought: Ephesians 4:15
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