It is an item of faith that we are children of God; there is plenty of experience in us against it. The faith that surmounts this evidence and is able to warm itself at the fire of God's love, instead of having to steal love and self-acceptance from other sources, is actually the root of holiness: It is a fatal mistake to think of holiness as a possession which we have distinct from our faith... Faith is the very highest form of our dependence on God.
Interpretation
Faith in God as our source of love and acceptance is essential for true holiness.
This quote emphasizes the importance of faith in our relationship with God, suggesting that true holiness comes not from seeking love and acceptance from external sources, but from depending on God's love. It highlights the struggle between our experiences that may challenge this belief and the necessity of nurturing faith to achieve a deep sense of spiritual fulfillment and holiness.
In practice
This quote could be shared during a sermon to encourage believers to rely on God's love for acceptance.
Stone walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage._x000D_ Minds innocent and quiet take that for a hermitage:_x000D_ If I have freedom in my love, and in my Soul I am free,_x000D_ Angels alone, that soar above, enjoy such liberty.
I could not love thee, dear, so much, loved I not Honor more.
This was a Golden Age, a time of high adventure, rich living and hard dying... but nobody thought so. This was a future of fortune and theft, pillage and rapine, culture and vice... but nobody admitted it. This was an age of extremes, a fascinating century of freaks... but nobody loved it.
It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was.
There are two kinds of rebellion. The first is one in which the slave demands something that the tyrant has got. The second is one in which he demands something that the tyrant has not got.
As long as we have some definite idea about or some hope in the future, we cannot really be serious with the moment that exists right now.
Dying is nothing to fear. It can be the most wonderful experience of your life. It all depends on how you've lived.
Evolution does not isolate us from the rest of the Kosmos, it unites us with the rest of the Kosmos: the same currents that produced birds from dust and poetry from rocks produce egos from ids and sages from egos.
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