The fullness of Joy is to behold God in everything.
JULIAN OF NORWICHIn God’s sight we do not fall: in our own we do not stand.
More Julian of Norwich Quotes
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God, of thy goodness, give me Thyself; for Thou art enough for me, and I can ask for nothing less that can be full honor to Thee. And if I ask anything that is less, ever Shall I be in want, for only in Thee have I all.
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Prayer unites the soul to God.
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Peace and love are ever in us, being and working; but we be not alway in peace and in love.
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As truly as God is our Father, so truly God is our Mother.
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Anything less then God, ever me wanteth.
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It needeth us to have knowing of the littleness of creatures and to hold as nought all-thing that is made, for to love and have God that is unmade.
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He that is highest and worthiest was most fully made-nought and most utterly despised.
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Pray inwardly, even if you do not enjoy it. It does good, though you feel nothing. Yes, even though you think you are doing nothing.
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The goodness of God is the highest object of prayer and it reaches down to our lowest need.
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We are in God and God whom we do not see is in us.
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He said not ‘Thou shalt not be tempested, thou shalt not be travailed, thou shalt not be dis-eased’; but he said, ‘Thou shalt not be overcome.
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He [Jesus] did not say, ‘You will never have a rough passage, you will never be over-strained, you will never feel uncomfortable,’ but he did say, ‘You will never be overcome.
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Pray, even if you feel nothing, see nothing. For when you are dry, empty, sick or weak, at such a time is your prayer most pleasing to God, even though you may find little joy in it. This is true of all believing prayer.
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He that made all things for love, by the same love keepeth them, and shall keep them without end.
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My, how busy we become when we lose sight of how God loves us.
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Our Savior is our true Mother in whom we are endlessly born and out of whom we shall never come.
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Our Lord God shewed that a deed shall be done, and Himself shall do it, and I shall do nothing but sin, and my sin shall not hinder His Goodness working.
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Cheerful givers do not count the cost of what they give. Their hearts are set on pleasing and cheering the person to whom the gift is given.
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We need to fall, and we need to be aware of it; for if we did not fall, we should not know how weak and wretched we are of ourselves, nor should we know our Maker’s marvellous love so fully.
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He willeth to be perceived; and His appearing shall be swiftly sudden; and He willeth to be trusted. For He is full gracious and homely: Blessed may He be!
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It is most impossible that we should beseech mercy and grace, and not have it.
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But for failing love on our part, therefore is all our travail.
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Cheerful givers do not count the cost of what they give.
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The Lord looks on his servants with pity and not with blame. In God’s sight we do not fall; in our sight, we do not stand. Both of these are true, but the deeper insight belongs to God.
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For our soul is so preciously loved of him that is highest, that it over-passeth the knowing of all creatures.
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God is our clothing, that wraps, clasps and encloses us so as to never leave us.
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