Quotemeal for Sunday, September 1, 2019

"[John the Baptist said] 'He must increase, but I must decrease.' ... No driven person could ever say what John said, because driven people have to keep gaining more and more attention, more and more power, more and more material assets. The seductions of the public life would have led to a competitive posture, but the original call to commitment from within spoke louder."

— Gordon McDonald

More Quotemeal

"I have held many things in my hands, and have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess."

— Martin Luther —

"The name of Jesus is in my mind as a joyful song, in my ear a heavenly music, and in my mouth a sweet honey."

— Richard Rolle —

"I invite you to reach out in love to a needy child and give that boy or girl something valuable — love and hope."

— Patty Anglin —

"We need deliberately to call to mind the joys of our journey. Perhaps we should try to write down the blessings of one day. We might begin; we could never end;...."

— George A. Buttrick —