The greatest human attainment in all the world is for a life to be so surrendered to Him that the name of God Almighty will be glorified through that life.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the importance of dedicating one's life to a higher purpose, which ultimately glorifies God.
Kathryn Kuhlman's quote suggests that the pinnacle of human achievement lies not in personal success or accolades but in the complete surrender of one's life to God. When individuals allow their lives to reflect divine qualities and purposes, they contribute to the glorification of God Almighty. This perspective challenges the conventional views of success by prioritizing spiritual fulfillment over material gains.
In practice
In a church sermon about serving others, one could use this quote to illustrate the importance of living for a higher purpose.
A good working definition of fanaticism is that you are so convinced of your views and policies that you are sure that anyone who opposed them must be either stupid and decieved or have some ulterior motive. We are today a nation where almost everyone in the public eye displays fanaticism with every utterance.
The true friends of the people are neither revolutionaries, nor innovators, but traditionalists.
Any judgment is past oriented, and existence is always herenow, life is always herenow. All judgments are coming from your past experiences, your education, your religion, your parents - which may be dead, but their judgments are being carried by your mind and they will be given as a heritage to your children. Generation after generation, every disease is being transferred as a heritage. Only a non-judgmental mind has intelligence, because it is spontaneously responding to reality.
You made us for yourself, Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you. In this creative restlessness beats and pulsates what is most deeply human - the search for truth, the insatiable need for the good, hunger for freedom, nostalgia for the beautiful, and the voice of conscience.
The one thing with writing stories about the rise of fascism is that if you wait long enough, you'll almost certainly be proved right. Fascism is like a hydra - you can cut off its head in the Germany of the '30s and '40s, but it'll still turn up on your back doorstep in a slightly altered guise.
As the clockwork of the millennia moved a notch in front of their eyes, it had taken their thoughts from small things and reminded them of how vulnerable they were to time.
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