faith

"I am as sure as I live that nothing is so near to me as God. God is nearer to me than I am to myself; my existence depends on the nearness and the presence of God."

"‎God remains silent so that men and women may speak, protest, and struggle. God remains silent so that people may really become people. When God is silent and men and women cry, God cries in solidarity with them but doesn't intervene. God waits for the shouts of protest."

"You should read something else."Why would he have done that to him?"I don't know,"she said.Do you ever feel like Job?"She smiled, a little twinkle in her eyes.Sometimes."But you haven't lost your faith?"No,"I knew she hadn't, but I think I was losing mine.Is it because you think you might get better?"No,"she said,"its because its the only thing I have left."

"Thoughts frame your portrait, action paints it."

"For if there's no everlasting God, there's no such thing as virtue, and there's no need of it."

"The paradox in Christian truth is invariably due to the fact that it is the truth that exists for God. The standard of measure and the end is superhuman; and there is only one relationship possible: faith."

"في بعض الأحيان ، نتخلى عن درب ما ، لأننا ببساطة لا نؤمن بها . وهذا سهل ، فكل ما علينا فعله إثبات أن تلك الطريق ليست لنا . لكن الأحداث التي تبدأ بالحصول ، والإلهام الذي يأتينا خلال مسيرتنا ،يبعثان فينا الخوف من المتابعة"

"In the desert, the only god is a well."

"There are many faiths, but the spirit is one — in me, and in you, and in him. So that if everyone believes himself, all will be united; everyone be himself and all will be as one."

"It's better to dare to dream big and achieve half of your dreams than to dream small dreams and achieve all"

"I look for a sign. Where to go next. you never know when you'll get one. Even the most faithless among us are waiting to be proven wrong."

"Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God."

"He is the light in my life and the rock beneath my feet. (Referring to the Lord Jesus)"

"Souls reconstructed with faith transform agony into peace."

"With hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control, mud slides,flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing up the country from oneend to another, and with the threat of bird flu and terroristattacks, "Are we sure this is a good time to take God out ofthe Pledge of Allegiance?"

"Imani ni nia ya kujua kisichoweza kujulikana na hupeleka watu kwenye ukweli. Kuamini hupotosha, na ni nia ya kudharau kinachoweza kujulikana."

"Faith is belief in what you cannot see or prove or touch. Faith is walking face-first and full-speed into the dark."

"God tests, but he does not tempt."

"Have you ever noticed that when your mind is awakened or drawn to someone new, that person's name suddenly pops up everywhere you go? My friend Sophie calls it coincidence, and Mr. Simpless, my parson friend, calls it Grace. He thinks that if one cares deeply about someone or something new one throws a kind of energy out into the world, and "fruitfulness"is drawn in."

"They said that I should lose my ideals and begin to believe in the methods of practical politicians. Now, I have not lost my ideals in the least; my faith in fundamentals is exactly what it always was. What I have lost is my childlike faith in practical politics."