We must cease striving and trust God to provide what He thinks is best and in whatever time He chooses to make it available. But this kind of trusting doesn't come naturally. It's a spiritual crisis of the will in which we must choose to exercise faith.
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PANGLE To be right, a person must do one of two things: either he must learn to have God in his work and ho... MEISTER ECKHART But when once Christ had called him, Peter had no alternative he must leave the ship and come to Him... DIETRICH BONHOEFFER It doesn't matter where you come from, what you have or don't have, what you lack, or what y... STEPHEN CURRY Having placed himself on the level of the world for humans to choose between, God nevertheless stipu... MARK A. TIETJEN Having placed himself on the level of the world for humans to choose between, God nevertheless stipu... MARK A. TIETJEN Every human being must find his own way to cope with severe loss, and the only job of a true friend ... CALEB CARR Every human being must find his own way to cope with severe loss, and the only job of a true friend ... CALEB CARR Feast of Charles, King & Martyr, 1649 Salt, when dissolved in water, may disappear, but it does ... 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JOHN WYCLIFFE When We have Patience in our minds and Love in our hearts, Nothing appears to be impossible or unrea... PHILIP T.M To say that God is sovereign is to declare that He is the Almighty, the Possessor of all power in He... ARTHUR W. PINK Keep in mind, Eragon, that no one thinks himself a villain, and few make decisions they think are wr... CHRISTOPHER PAOLINI We don't know why this happened or what will come of it, but we trust that God does. DAVID RIDENOUR Lent stimulates us to let the Word of God penetrate our life and in this way to know the fundamental... BENEDICT XVI Dignified in what she does, when she sings the smile that she brings to all of you unaware of what's... TEGAN QUIN The artist must see the war with a unique vision. If he doesn't, then he hasn't added anything to ou... WILLIAM EASTLAKE God is God. Because he is God, He is worthy of my trust and obedience. I will find rest nowhere but ... 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The Christian should proselytize not because he thinks he... CRISS JAMI The time has come to turn to God and reassert our trust in Him for the healing of America...our coun... RONALD REAGAN Commemoration of Remigius, Bishop of Rheims, Apostle of the Franks, 533 Commemoration of Thér... BROTHER LAWRENCE If we become completely whole-hearted we will have love for all people and will seek in each person ... EBERHARD ARNOLD I'm letting him choose a date in that period between the end of February and the end of March and wh... AMIR PERETZ Guidance, like all God's acts of blessing under the covenant of grace, is a sovereign act. Not merel... J.I. PACKER Fueled by faith and passion for our true priorities we're going to drive against traffic in order to... CRAIG GROESCHEL It must have been a tough decision for Jurgen. He took all six athletes involved by surprise but I h... JAMES CRACKNELL If pain must come, may it come quickly. Because I have a life to live, and I need to live it in the ... PAULO COELHO The faithfulness of God is forever sure. LAILAH GIFTY, AKITA He
That kills himself to avoid misery, fears it,
And, at the best, shows but a bastard valour.... PHILIP MASSINGER And without faith it is impossible to please him, for he who comes to God must believe that he is, a... BIBLE We all need hope. As souls, we journey in physical bodies, traversing a life that is dually lived. W... SUSAN BARBARA APOLLON You must have faith to pray. You must have faith to ponder the word of God. You must have faith to d... HENRY B. EYRING We know by now that if we make technology the predestined force in our lives, man will walk to the m... WILLIAM ORVILLE DOUGLAS Melville to Hawthorne: "In your stories, you seem to understand that the dramatic moments come not w... MARK BEAUREGARD It was my first clue that atheists are my brothers and sisters of a different faith. Like me, they g... YANN MARTEL In life, everyone must decide in what area of life he or she wants to be great. You must choose what... SUNDAY ADELAJA Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment and learn to exercise
his will his person... ALBERT SCHWEITZER
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TOLKIEN Elves seldom give unguarded advice, for advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wis... J. R. R. TOLKIEN It's the job that's never started takes longest to finish. J. R. R. TOLKIEN I wish life was not so short, he thought. languages take such a time, and so do all the things one w... J. R. R. TOLKIEN Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate. J. R. R. TOLKIEN Remember what Bilbo used to say: It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step ont... J. R. R. TOLKIEN The Road goes ever on and on Down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has go... J. R. R. TOLKIEN Then the enchantment became more dreamlike, until he felt that an endless river of swelling gold and... J. R. R. TOLKIEN Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger. J. R. R. TOLKIEN I dislike Allegory - the conscious and intentional allegory - yet any attempt to explain the purport... J. R. R. TOLKIEN Whether you're a history buff or a fantasy fan, Druon's epic will keep you turning pages. Th... GEORGE R. R. MARTIN It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish. J. R. R. TOLKIEN So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their ending! J. R. R. TOLKIEN All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. J. R. R. TOLKIEN All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does no... J. R. R. TOLKIEN Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate. J. R. R. TOLKIEN Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens. J. R. R. TOLKIEN If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. J. R. R. TOLKIEN An awful lot of fantasy, and even some great fantasy, falls into the mistake of assuming that a good... GEORGE R. R. MARTIN As Faulkner says, all of us have the capacity in us for great good and for great evil, for love but ... GEORGE R. R. MARTIN Over the years, more than one reviewer has described my fantasy series, 'A Song of Ice and Fire&... GEORGE R. R. MARTIN I had an encyclopedia with a list of flags in the back, so I would look at all these flags of China ... GEORGE R. R. MARTIN Middle English is an exciting field - almost uncharted, I begin to think, because as soon as one tur... J. R. R. TOLKIEN It is plain indeed that in spite of later estrangement Hobbits are relatives of ours: far nearer to ... J. R. R. TOLKIEN He had a feeling that the answer was quite different and that he ought to know it, but he could no... J. R. R. TOLKIEN The distinction between literary and genre fiction is stupid and pernicious. It dates back to a feud... GEORGE R. R. MARTIN Short cuts make long delays. J. R. R. TOLKIEN When I am writing best, I really am lost in my world. I lose track of the outside world. I have a di... GEORGE R. R. MARTIN Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate. J. R. R. TOLKIEN 'I wish life was not so short,' he thought. 'Languages take such a time, and so do all the things on... J. R. R. TOLKIEN Many that live deserve death. And some die that deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then be not t... J. R. R. TOLKIEN His house was perfect, whether you liked food, or sleep, or work, or story-telling, or singing, or j... J. R. R. TOLKIEN One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the ... J. R. R. TOLKIEN All that is gold does not glitter; not all those that wander are lost. J. R. R. TOLKIEN It's a dangerous business going out your front door. J. R. R. TOLKIEN I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as wel... J. R. R. TOLKIEN All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. J. R. R. TOLKIEN Nearly all marriages, even happy ones, are mistakes: in the sense that almost certainly (in a more p... J. R. R. TOLKIEN The Hobbits are just rustic English people, made small in size because it reflects the generally sma... J. R. R. TOLKIEN Little by little, one travels far. J. R. R. TOLKIEN It's a job that's never started that takes the longest to finish. J. R. R. TOLKIEN I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done since I grew old and wa... J. R. R. TOLKIEN The original 'Hobbit' was never intended to have a sequel - Bilbo 'remained very happy t... J. R. R. TOLKIEN There was part of me that wanted to see the world and travel to distant places, but I could only do ... GEORGE R. R. MARTIN I have files, I have computer files and, you know, files on paper. But most of it is really in my he... GEORGE R. R. MARTIN The odd thing about being a writer is you do tend to lose yourself in your books. Sometimes it seems... GEORGE R. R. MARTIN In my 10 years that I spent out in TV and film, I had my shares of frustrations and annoyances and d... GEORGE R. R. MARTIN I try to make the readers feel they've lived the events of the book. Just as you grieve if a fri... GEORGE R. R. MARTIN All fiction has to have a certain amount of truth in it to be powerful. GEORGE R. R. MARTIN It may be the part of a friend to rebuke a friend's folly. J. R. R. TOLKIEN