I have never thought that a Christian would be free of suffering, umfundisi.
ALAN PATONBut when the house is destroyed, there is something to do. About a storm he can do nothing, but he can rebuild a house.
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I am a weak and sinful man, but God put His hands on me, that is all.
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For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.
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Life has not taught me to expect nothing, but she has taught me not to expect success to be the inevitable result of my endeavors.
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She taught me to seek sustenance from the endeavor itself, but to leave the result to God.
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Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die?…
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There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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When I go up there, which is my intention, the Big Judge will say to me, Where are your wounds? and if I say I haven’t any, he will say, Was there nothing to fight for?
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But the one thing that has power completely is love, because when a man loves, he seeks no power, and therefore he has power.
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For mines are for men, not for money. And money is not something to go mad about, and throw your hat into the air for.
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There is only one thing that has power completely, and that is love.
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The only way in which one can make endurable man’s inhumanity to man.
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One day in Johannesburg, and already the tribe was being rebuilt, the house and soul being restored.
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But sorrow is better than fear. For fear impoverishes always, while sorrow may enrich.
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Something deep is touched here, something that is good and deep.
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It is my belief that the only power which can resist the power of fear is the power of love.
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