“In our whole life melody the music is broken off here and there by rests, and we foolishly think we have come to the end of time. God sends a time of forced leisure, a time of sickness and disappointed plans, and makes a sudden pause in the hymns of our lives, and we lament that our voice must be silent and our part missing in the music which ever goes up to the ear of our Creator. Not without design does God write the music of our lives. Be it ours to learn the time and not be dismayed at the rests. If we look up, God will beat the time for us.” IfsThinkingWritingLooksDoeEndsWholeLife IsVoiceChristianityOur LivesPlansMissingDesignBrokenMusic IsBeatsEarsSilentCreatorWhole LifeGods WillLook UpSicknessMelodyDisappointedLeisurePausesEnd TimesHere And ThereHymnsLamentDismayed Author:John Ruskin
“Every rock is spoon by the Word. Every time I touch a stone, I am touching the Voice of God. Every cell of me is crafted by that artistry. My life is His breath. But we mortals grow numb. We want to feel more. And so we add MSG to our earthly brands of holiness.” WantFeelsLife IsGrowsVoiceRocksStonesBreathsAddMortalsBrandsCellsHolinessTouchingNumbArtistrySpoonsVoice Of GodMsg Author:N.D. Wilson
“A primary goal of the spiritual life is to learn to quiet the mind through prayer and meditation, through spiritual practice, so that we can hear what in both Judaism and Christianity, is called the small, still voice within.” MindStillsSpiritualLife IsGoalVoicePrayerChristianityPracticeMeditationQuietPrimariesSpiritual LifeJudaismSpiritual Practice Author:Marianne Williamson
“In an age of global standardization, regional voices also remind both writer and reader that no life is lived generically. If the purpose of literature is truly, as the ancients insisted, to instruct and delight, then what better to understand and enjoy than the here and the now?” IfsAgeLife IsPurposeLiteratureEnjoyVoiceReaderDelightStandardization Author:Dana Gioia
“Through a grandmother's voice and hands the end of life is known at the beginning.” EndsHandsLife IsVoiceKnownGrandmotherGrandparentEnd Of Life Book:Family Source: Family