“When we pray, we must begin by conceiving God in full and vigorous images, but we must go on to acknowledge the inadequacy of them and to adhere nakedly to the imageless truth of God.” SeeingGoes OnPrayingInvisibleAcknowledgeVisibleVigorousInadequacyTruth Of GodConceiving Author:Austin Farrer
“In Africa, when you pick up a book worth reading, out of the deadly consignments which good ships are always being made to carry out all the way from Europe, you read it as an author would like his book to be read, praying to God that he may have it in him to go on as beautifully as he has begun. Your mind runs, transported, upon a fresh deep green track.” WayMindMayMadeBookRunningReadingGoes OnPrayingPicksEuropeGreenTrackShipsBook ReadingPraying To GodWorth Reading Author:Isak Dinesen
“I don't want to participate in traditional Indian religious ceremonies - dance in a sun dance or pray in a sweat lodge or go on a vision quest with the help of a medicine man. The power of these ceremonies has an appeal, but I'm content with what little religion I already have.” MenWantLittlesHelpingReligiousVisionSunGoes OnPrayingMedicineTraditionalAppealsIndianSweatQuestsCeremonyLodges Book:On the Rez Source: On the Rez
“Sometimes ... we find that even when we do our best to serve the Lord, we still suffer. You may know someone who faces these most challenging of circumstances: consider the parent whose child becomes ill, for whom everyone prays and fasts with all their heart and soul, but who ultimately dies. Or the missionary who sacrifices to go on a mission, then develops a terrible illness that leaves him or her severely disabled or in chronic pain.” KnowsHeartMayChildrenStillsSoulSometimesPainFacesSufferingDiesParentChallengesLordSacrificeGoes OnPrayingCircumstancesTerribleAdversityIllIllnessMissionsMissionaryDisabledHeart And SoulChronic Pain Author:David E. Sorensen