“Rome, believe me, my friend, is like its own Monte Testaceo, Merelya marvellous mass of broken and castaway wine-pots.” BelieveBrokenMassMy FriendsWinePotRomeBelieve In MeMarvellousCastaway Author:Arthur Hugh Clough
“God has chosen little nations as the vessels by which He carries His choicest wines to the lips of humanity to rejoice their hearts, to exalt their vision, to strengthen their faith, and if we had stood by when two little nations [Belgium and Serbia] were being crushed and broken by the brutal hands of barbarians, our shame would have rung down the everlasting ages.” IfsHeartLittlesTwoWarHandsAgeHumanityNationsVisionBrokenShameWineLipsChosenCarrieRejoiceBrutalEverlastingVesselCrushedBarbariansBelgiumSerbia Author:David Lloyd George
“Bread of the world, in mercy broken, Wine of the soul, in mercy shed, By whom the words of life were spoken, And in whose death our sins are dead: Look on the heart by sorrow broken, Look on the tears by sinners shed; And be Thy feast to us the token That by Thy grace our souls are fed.” WorldLooksHeartSoulSinGraceTearsBrokenSorrowMercyWineBreadSinnerFedsShedCommunionTokens Book:The Poetical Works of Hemans, Heber and Pollok: Complete in One Volume Source: The Poetical Works of Hemans, Heber and Pollok: Complete in One Volume
“When we are consciously aware of being used as broken bread and poured out wine, we have yet another level to reach - a level where all awareness of ourselves and what God is doing through us is completely eliminated. A saint is never consciously a saint - a saint is consciously dependent on God.” UsedLevelsAwarenessBrokenWineSaintBreadDependent Book:My Utmost for His Highest Source: My Utmost for His Highest
“When Jesus says, 'Take, eat. This is my body that was broken for you,' He says, I want my body in you. (Pause. . . shouts and claps) I want my blood in you. And every time you celebrate this rite, it is a reminder that you belong to me, and I belong to you. And he said, 'I will drink no more wine until I drink it new with you and the kingdom of God. Communion is the most romantic ordinance. Eh, Eh, Eh. (He laughs. Pause. . . the audience shouts and claps.) It is the most romantic ordinance between two lovers.” WantSaidTwoBodyJesusAudienceLaughingBloodBrokenLoversDrinkWineKingdomsCelebrateCommunionPausesRemindersKingdom Of GodRiteOrdinancesMost RomanticTwo Lovers Author:T. D. Jakes
“If our hearts and minds are not properly transformed, we are like musicians playing untuned instruments, or engineers working with broken and ill-programmed computers. The attunement of the heart is essential to the outflow of grace...We must aim at building the structures of God's kingdom but recognized that we will only create these through the transformation of our experience. Concentration on reformation without revival leads to skins without wine; concentration on revival without reformation soon loses the wine for want of skins.” IfsWantMindHeartLosesGraceBuildingBrokenEssentialsComputerMusicianSkinsTransformationAimInstrumentsWineStructureIllKingdomsConcentrationTransformedEngineersHeart And MindRevivalReformation Author:Richard Lovelace
“If I am frightened then I can hide it If I am crying, I'll call it laughter If I am haunted, I'll call it my imaginary friend If I am bleeding I'll call it wine But if you leave me then I am broken And if I'm broken then only death remains” IfsI CanCryBrokenLaughterRemainsWineFrightenedImaginaryLeaving MeBleedingImaginary Friend Author:Elvis Costello
“Capturing the beauty of the conversion of the water into wine, the poet Alexander Pope said, "The conscious water saw its Master and blushed." That sublime description could be reworked to explain each one of these miracles. Was it any different in principle for a broken body to mend at the command of its Maker? Was it far-fetched for the Creator of the universe, who fashioned matter out of nothing, to multiply bread for the crowd? Was it not within the power of the One who called all the molecules into existence to interlock them that they might bear His footsteps?” SaidDifferentMatterBodyMightUniverseWaterExistencePrinciplesSawsPoetMastersBrokenBearsConsciousMiracleWineCrowdsCreatorConversionBreadCommandDescriptionMakersPopeSublimeFootstepsMolecules Author:Ravi Zacharias