Quotemeal: May. 17th, 2020

Sunday, May 17, 2020

"Loneliness is the first thing which God's eye named not good."
— John Milton

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"We don't seem to want to worship a God who's too big, too authoritative. We seem more comfortable with a deity who's more manageable."
— Mark Finley —
"If I was a nightingale I would sing like a nightingale; if a swan, like a swan. But since I am a rational creature my role is to praise God."
— Epictetus —
"You know how it is — you say the same words, yet they mean different things to those hearing them. you offer the same touch, yet it yields different..."
— Amy Nappa —
"It is easy to want things from the Lord and yet not want the Lord Himself, as though the gift could ever be preferable to the Giver."
— St. Augustine of Hippo —

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Illustration of John Milton — "Loneliness is the first thing which God's eye named not good."

Other Devotionals from Heartlight for Sunday, May 17, 2020

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James 3:10-11
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'Spiritual Mystery' (Jn. 3:8)
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Quotemeal is a daily dose of Christian quotes to inspire and encourage.

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