Certainty is the mark of the commonsense life-gracious uncertainty is the mark of the spiritual life.
Oswald ChambersRead
The love of God is not created- it is His nature.
Interpretation
The love of God is inherent and not something He developed or created; it is simply who He is.
This quote emphasizes that God's love is fundamental to His very being, not something added on or made up. It suggests that God's nature is defined by love, which is an intrinsic quality that exists eternally and independently of anything else.
In practice
This quote can be shared in a sermon about the nature of God.
Certainty is the mark of the commonsense life-gracious uncertainty is the mark of the spiritual life.
Never make the blunder of trying to forecast the way God is going to answer your prayer.
Service is the overflow which pours from a life filled with love and devotion. But strictly speaking, there is no call to that. Service is what I bring to the relationship and is the reflection of my identification with the nature of God.
When we preach the love of God there is a danger of forgetting that the Bible reveals not first the love of God but the intense, blazing holiness of God, with His love at the center of that holiness.
It is much easier to do something than to trust in God; we mistake panic for inspiration.
Service is the overflow which pours from a life filled with love and devotion.
Joy is the experience of knowing that you are unconditionally loved.
I crave your mouth, your voice, your hair.
But how will I know who my Soulmate is?β Brida felt that this was one of the most important questions she had ever asked in her life. By taking risksβ she said to Brida. β By risking failure, disappointment, disillusion, but never ceasing in you search for Love. As long as you keep looking, you will triumph in the end.
O Love! what hours were thine and mine, In lands of palm and southern pine; In lands of palm, of orange-blossom, Of olive, aloe, and maize and vine!
At the end of the day, 'Rocky' is a love story, and he could never have reached the final bell without Adrian.
Our love has been the thread through the labyrinth, the net under the high-wire walker, the only real thing in this strange life of mine that I could ever trust.
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