“All of the pleasures of this present physical life can be continued into the next life as well, since we will have a body which is similar to our present physical body, but so much more glorious and wonderful and supernatural. We will be able to eat, drink, be merry and have fun without ever suffering pain or sickness or weariness or death.” WellsBodyAblePainSufferingNextFunPleasureWonderfulDrinkHaving FunGloriousSicknessHeavenlyMerryWearinessPhysical BodyNext LifeSuffering Pain Author:David Berg
“Time is passing. Each day is a glorious opportunity to live and enjoy. Today I will let the past die - all the undone things, all the misjudged things... Today, there are new pleasures, new challenges, new magic.” TodayPastTimeDiesOpportunityEnjoyChallengesPleasureMagicPassingPassingsGloriousEach DayUndoneNew ChallengesEnjoy Today Author:Ruth Carter Stapleton
“Angels, living light most glorious! Beneath the Godhead in burning desire in the darkness and mystery of creation you look on the eye of your God never taking your fill: What glorious pleasures take shape within you!” LooksLightEyeDesirePleasureDarknessMysteryCreationShapesAngelBurningGloriousWithin YouBurning Desire Author:Hildegard of Bingen
“The fact of our deriving constant pleasure from whatever is a type or semblance of divine attributes, and from nothing but that which is so, is the most glorious of all that can be demonstrated of human nature; it not only sets a great gulf of specific separation between us and the lower animals, but it seems a promise of a communion ultimately deep, close, and conscious, with the Being whose darkened manifestations we here feebly and unthinkingly delight in.” HumansFactsSeemsPleasureAnimalHuman NatureDivineTypePromiseConsciousConstantDelightSeparationManifestationGloriousAttributesCommunionSemblance Book:Modern Painters: (pt.3) Of ideas of beauty Source: Modern Painters: (pt.3) Of ideas of beauty
“Lord, I am no longer my own, but Yours. Put me to what You will, rank me with whom You will. Let be employed by You or laid aside for You, exalted for You or brought low by You. Let me have all things, let me have nothing, I freely and heartily yield all things to Your pleasure and disposal. And now, O glorious and blessed God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, You are mine and I am Yours. So be it. Amen.” SpiritFatherMy OwnPleasureLordMinesSonHolyLowsAll ThingsLet MeBlessedHoly SpiritGloriousYieldEmployedExaltedAmenFather SonGod Father Author:John Wesley
“Not one man has ever sacrificed for his Lord without being richly repaid. If the cross is only contrasted with earthly pleasures lost, it may seem hard and threatening. But when the cross is weighed in the balances with the glorious treasures to be had through it, even the cross seems sweet.” IfsMenMayHardSeemsLostPleasureLordSweetBalanceCrossesTreasureGloriousOne ManThreatening Author:Walter J Chantry