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.
JULIAN OF NORWICHGod willeth to be seen and to be sought: to be abided and to be trusted.
More Julian of Norwich Quotes
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Until I am essentially united with God, I can never have full rest or real happiness.
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The age of every man shall be acknowledged before him in Heaven, and every man shall be rewarded for his willing service and for his time.
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God loved us before he made us; and his love has never diminished and never shall.
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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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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 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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Here saw I a great oneing betwixt Christ and us, to mine understanding: for when He was in pain, we were in pain.
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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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A great thing shall I make hereof in Heaven of endless worship and everlasting joys.
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We are in God and God whom we do not see is in us.
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For in every soul that shall be saved is a Godly Will that never assented to sin, nor ever shall.
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Our natural Will is to have God, and the Good Will of God is to have us; and we may never cease from willing nor from longing till we have Him in fullness of joy: and then may we no more desire.
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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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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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Charity keepeth us in Faith and Hope, and Hope leadeth us in Charity. And in the end all shall be Charity.
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