God is nearer to us than our own spirit.
JULIAN OF NORWICH
JULIAN OF NORWICH
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Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich Lord Jesus, I have heard you say: ‘Sin is necessary but all will be well, and all will be well, and every kind of thing will be well’.
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Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich But Jesus, who in this Vision informed me of all that is necessary for me, answered and said: It was necessary that there should be sin; but all shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well.
Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich The goodness of God is the highest object of prayer and it reaches down to our lowest need.
Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich Everything has being through the love of God.
Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich 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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Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich That love of God is hard and marvelous. It cannot and will not be broken because of our sins.
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Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich God loved us before he made us; and his love has never diminished and never shall.
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You were fully clothed in lies, I was naked in truth. Still, when morning came It was I who survived the cold.
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David JonesDavid Jones We attract who our souls need to grow.
Mark AnthonyMark Anthony You’re my bad habit, on this dark planet, light up my world like stars, now they’re ashes.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin Permanence is a wonderful magician. Now you see him, next he goes on to perform the greatest disappearing act of all time.
Hamilton K. AmadiHamilton K. Amadi Live to be happy not to impress.
Hayley EvansHayley Evans You shined your light on all the things I’ve been trying so hard to hide.
CindyCindy You are the love I could never escape not that I would ever want to.
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Sojourner TruthSojourner Truth By predestination we mean the eternal decree of God, by which He determined with Himself whatever He wished to happen with regard to every man
John CalvinJohn Calvin Nothing separates a woman or a family from God’s love. Not death, and certainly not divorce.
Glennon DoyleGlennon Doyle Too vast is Man and too imponderable his nature. Too varied are his talents, and too inexhaustible his strength. Beware of those who attempt to set him boundaries.Live as if your God Himself had need of you His life to live. And so, in truth, He does.
Mikhail NaimyMikhail Naimy All flows out from the Deity, and all must be absorbed in Him again.
ZoroasterZoroaster What can you do with me? My jannah is in my heart! If you take me to jail, I will make zikr of Allah. If you exile me out of my land, I will make takaffur. If you execute me, I would be a shaheed. What can you do with me? Because I am not limited to this dunya. I am living for al-akhira!
Ibn TaymiyyahIbn Taymiyyah Adversity makes men remember God.
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