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.
JULIAN OF NORWICHWherefore me behoveth needs to grant that all-thing that is done, it is well-done: for our Lord God doeth all.
More Julian of Norwich Quotes
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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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My, how busy we become when we lose sight of how God loves us.
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All that is contrary to love and peace is of the Fiend and of his part.
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He that is highest and worthiest was most fully made-nought and most utterly despised.
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The greatest honor we can give Almighty God is to live gladly because of the knowledge of his love.
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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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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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When we, by the working of mercy and grace, be made meek and mild, we are fully safe; suddenly is the soul oned to God when it is truly peaced in itself: for in Him is found no wrath.
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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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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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Between God and the soul there is no between.
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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 goodness of God is the highest object of prayer and it reaches down to our lowest need.
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That love of God is hard and marvelous. It cannot and will not be broken because of our sins.
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Truth sees God, and wisdom contemplates God, and from these two comes a third, a holy and wonderful delight in God, who is love.
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