Quotemeal: Nov. 27th, 2022

Sunday, November 27, 2022

"Love consents to all and commands only those who consent. Love is abdication. God is abdication."
— Simone Weil

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"There is not in the world a kind of life more sweet and delightful than that of a continual conversation with God."
— Brother Lawrence —
"An undivided heart, which worships God alone and trusts him as it should, is raised above all anxiety for earthly wants."
— J. C. Geikie —
"Too many of us have a Christian vocabulary rather than a Christian experience. We think we are doing our duty when we're only talking about it."
— Charles F. Banning —
"Not until we have become humble and teachable, standing in awe of God's holiness and sovereignty...acknowledging our own littleness, distrusting our own..."
— J. I. Packer —

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Illustration of Simone Weil — "Love consents to all and commands only those who consent. Love is abdication. God is abdication."

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