Alas, how easily things go wrong! A sigh too much, a kiss too long And there follows a mist and a weeping rain And life is never the same again
George MacdonaldRead
God's finger can touch nothing but to mold it into loveliness.
Interpretation
Divine influence can transform everything into beauty and goodness.
This quote by George MacDonald suggests that the touch of the divine, or God's influence, has the power to transform anything into something beautiful. It implies that there is a benevolent force at work in the world that elevates and enhances the essence of everything it encounters, promoting love and value in creation.
In practice
This quote can be used in a sermon to illustrate the transformative power of divine love.
Alas, how easily things go wrong! A sigh too much, a kiss too long And there follows a mist and a weeping rain And life is never the same again
It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.
He may delay because it would not be safe to give us at once what we ask: we are not ready for it. To give ere we could truly receive, would be to destroy the very heart and hope of prayer, to cease to be our Father. The delay itself may work to bring us nearer to our help, to increase the desire, perfect the prayer, and ripen the receptive condition.
When I can no more stir my soul to move, and life is but the ashes of a fire; when I can but remember that my heart once used to live and love, long and aspire- O, be thou then the first, the one thou art; be thou the calling, before all answering love, and in me wake hope, fear, boundless desire.
But words are vain; reject them allβ They utter but a feeble part: Hear thou the depths from which they call, The voiceless longing of my heart.
Few delights can equal the presence of one whom we trust utterly.
It is Christmas every time you let God love others through you.
grow old with me. the best is yet to be. the last of life for which the first was made.
To love oneself is to love life. It is essential to understand that we make ourselves happy in making others happy.
If we are to love our neighbors, before doing anything else we must see our neighbors. With our imagination as well as our eyes, that is to say like artists, we must see not just their faces but the life behind and within their faces. Here it is love that is the frame we see them in.
When we choose to love, we choose to move against fear, against alienation and separation. The choice to love is a choice to connect, to find ourselves in the other.
Life's a game made for everyone, and love is the prize.
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