All Quotes By Tag: Comfort
“The beauty of having faith, is that no matter what the time of day, whether it be day or night I know that someone is always there with me to give me comfort.It doesn’t matter whether it is Buddha, God or Allah because whoever it is, is special to each of us. And that is the beauty of having faith.”
“We need to retrain our brains, our hearts, and our wills to seek a comfort that truly satisfies.”
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“Do I believe that God is right here, ready to be my comfort in every situation?”
“When I harvest my life right up to the edges, I have collected every last kernel of blessing.”
“The abundant life Jesus spoke of isn’t opposed to the material, but it consists of more than just the material.”
“Scarcity mentality measures out life by the ounce; it always concludes that the needs outweigh the resources.”
“By extending love and comfort to the broken places around us, we keep watch with Jesus in his sorrow.”
“What if our common sense has been negatively influenced by our addiction to comfort?”
“I have pursued the comfort of things, when all along Comfort is a Person.”
“I had no idea what they sang. I guessed it was all in Latin, but some words could have been French. I didn’t need to understand the words to have them touch me. I don’t know whether it was the acoustics, the song, the beauty of the singing or the conviction behind it, but there was grandeur and hope in every note. The frescos flickered in candlelight and stained-glass men looked down upon me benevolently as the monks’ singing brought pieces of me apart. Maybe this was why I had come, why I was meant to be here. I saw tears running down Fabiana’s cheeks. Brother Rocher asked in French and English for those wishing to be blessed to come forward. I sat and watched the three Brazilians and half a dozen others move forward in turn. There was a final chant and everyone filed out. Except me.Centuries of singing, service to others and dedication to something bigger than twenty-first-century materialism had created a peace that permeated the walls. Whatever issues I had with religion were not relevant here. The stillness and austerity gave me a strange sense of comfort, and I seemed to be moving toward some sort of clarity.”
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“To enrich the experience of life, we need more challenges than comfort.”
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“If I’m on the ‘short-end of the stick’, there’s a really good chance that it was my shortness of vision that put me there.”
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“Here is a minute. It may be my love is dead, but here is a minute to kneel over the grave and pray by it.”
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“There is such a shelter in each other.”
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