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“We are often unable to tell people what they need to know, because they want to know something else.” ~ George MacDonald

“Instead of thinking out of the box, get rid of the box.” – Deepak Chopra “We do not think ourselves into new ways of living, we live ourselves into new ways of thinking.” ~ Richard Rohr

"Unto You belongs mercy; for You render to every man according to his work" has been changed in our religious mind to...To You, O Lord, belongs justice, for You render to every man according to his work. ~George MacDonald “I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.”...

“Though we are incomplete, God loves us completely. Though we are imperfect, He loves us perfectly. Though we may feel lost and without compass, God's love encompasses us completely. He loves every one of us, even those who are flawed, rejected, awkward, sorrowful, or broken.” ~ Dieter F. Uchtdorf

"God's purposes are so vast and glorious, beyond all guessing now, that when they are achieved and consummated, all our sufferings and sorrows of today, even the agonies that nearly break our faith, the disasters that well nigh overwhelm us, shall, seen from that fair country where God's age...

"On the grand and final consummation, when every will shall be subdued to the will of good to all, Jesus Christ will take in hand the resigned chordage of our hearts. He will tune them as so many instruments, and will touch them with the finger of His own divine feelings. Then shall the wisdom...

“Our heart is made to live in a larger story; having lost that, we do the best we can by developing our own smaller dramas. Look at the things people get caught up in: sports, politics, soap operas, rock bands. Desperate for something larger to give our lives transcendence, we try to lose...

Outside of Christ, I am only a sinner, but in Christ, I am saved. Outside of Christ, I am empty; in Christ, I am full. Outside of Christ, I am weak; in Christ, I am strong. Outside of Christ, I cannot; in Christ, I am more than able. Outside of Christ, I have been defeated; in Christ, I am...

“Unlike ourselves, the Father of Jesus loves men and women, not for what He finds in them, but for what lies within Himself. It is not because men and women are good that He loves them, nor only good men and women that He loves. It is because He is so unutterably good that He loves all persons...

”There is no king more just or more benevolent than our Father. There is nothing He will not do to secure the peace and flourishing of His subjects. As such He deserves our love and obedience. Fear of God doesn't mean fearing His wrath: it means fearing disappointing someone you love.”

"I had a God who knew my every desire. He also knew how I would fail. And yet He was waiting on the other side of my failure and my shattered dreams with some dreams of His own." ~Eric Ludy

"God is my Father. He loves me, I shall never think of anything He will forget. Why should I worry?" ~Oswald Chambers "All our fret and worry is caused by calculating without God."