“I've seen too much sacrifice to believe that God is behind all of it, and I've seen sacrifice that has no indicia of the hand of God at all. Loss is not always part of some greater plan explainable by reference to the actions of a divine being with a divine purpose.” BelieveHandsActionPurposeLossBehindsGreaterToo MuchPlansSacrificeDivineHands Of GodDivine Purpose Author:Neil Abramson
“And when it is suggested that the inward feelings of power or inward monitions or losses of judgement are the germs out of which the divine machinery developed, I return that truth is just the reverse, that the presence of voices which had to be obeyed were the absolute prerequisite to the conscious stage of mind in which it is the self that is responsible and can debate within itself, can order and direct, and that the creation of such a self is the product of culture. In a sense, we have become our own gods.” MindSelfFeelingsOrderCultureVoiceLossStageCreationDivineProductsReturnTruth IsConsciousDirectAbsolutesResponsibleDebateJudgementReverseInwardMachineryGermsPrerequisites Author:Julian Jaynes
“The whole sum and substance of human history may be reduced to this maxim: that when man departs from the divine means of reaching the divine end, he suffers harm and loss.” MenHumansMayMeanEndsWholeSufferingLossSinDivineHarmSubstanceReachingMaximsHuman History Book:Lessons from the World of Matter and the World of Man Source: Lessons from the World of Matter and the World of Man
“The mystery of God's providence is a most sublime consideration. It is easy to let our reason run away with itself. It is at a loss when it attempts to search into the eternal decrees of election or the entangled mazes and labyrinths in which the divine providence walks. This knowledge is too wonderful for us. Man can be very confident that God exercises the most accurate providence over him and his affairs. Nothing comes to pass without our heavenly Father. No evil comes to pass without his permissive providence, and no good without his ordaining providence to his own ends.” MenEndsReasonRunningEvilFatherEasyLossWalksWonderfulMysteryDivineExerciseEternalElectionAffairConsiderationHeavenlyRunning AwayAccurateProvidenceSublimeHeavenly FatherLabyrinthDecreeMazesDivine ProvidenceMystery Of God Author:Ezekiel Hopkins
“Our generation is lost to the truth of God, to the reality of divine revelation, to the content of God's will, to the power of His redemption, and to the authority of His Word. For this loss it is paying dearly in a swift relapse into paganism.” RealityChristianLostReligiousLossGenerationsDivineAuthorityGods WillRedemptionRevelationsPaganismOur GenerationTruth Of GodRelapseDivine RevelationHis Loss Author:Carl F. H. Henry
“You discover the goal of existence by living it. The present is the only time when you can evolve, experience the divine, expand your awareness, or reach enlightenment. But this cannot be a haphazard journey that falters and wanders off the path. It's easy for that to happen when a crisis develops. Sudden losses and setbacks shake everyone up; those who keep moving forward are buoyed by knowing that their path cannot be destroyed, only interrupted.” HappensMovingEasyGoalLossExistenceKnowingPathJourneyAwarenessDivineEnlightenmentCrisisMoving ForwardDestroyedWanderEvolveShakesOnly TimeKeep MovingKeep Moving ForwardSetbackInterruptedHaphazard Book:Spiritual Solutions: Answers to Life's Greatest Challenges Source: Spiritual Solutions: Answers to Life's Greatest Challenges
“Think of your child, then, not as dead, but as living; not as a flower that has withered, but as one that is transplanted, and touched by a Divine hand, is blooming in richer colors and sweeter shades than those of earth.” ThinkingChildrenHandsEarthParentLossGriefDivineColorFlowerOur ChildrenYour ChildrenTouchedShadeThink Of YouBloomingWitheredParent ChildLoss Of A Parent Author:Richard Hooker
“We have had so many years of prosperity, we have passed through so many difficulties and dangers without the loss of liberty - that we begin to think that we hold it by divine right from heaven itself ... It is harder to preserve than to obtain liberty.” ThinkingYearsHeavenLossLibertyDangerDivineDifficultyHarderProsperityPreservesDivine Right Author:John C. Calhoun