Prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.
Martin LutherRead
Music is one of the fairest and most glorious gifts of God.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Music is a precious and beautiful gift given to humanity by God.
In this quote, Martin Luther expresses the idea that music holds a divine quality, elevating it as a gift from God that enriches human experience. It suggests that music has the power to inspire joy, evoke emotion, and connect people, making it one of the most beautiful forms of expression available to humanity.
Themes
MusicGiftGodBeautyArt
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used in a speech about the importance of music in cultural heritage.
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It is the part of a Christian to take care of his own body for the very purpose that, by its soundness and wellbeing, he may be enabled to labour, and to acquire and preserve property, for the aid of those who are in want, that thus the stronger member may serve the weaker member, and we may be children of God, and busy for one another, bearing one another's burdens, and so fulfiling the law of Christ.
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Reason is the greatest enemy that faith has; it never comes to the aid of spiritual things, but more frequently than not struggles against the divine Word, treating with contempt all that emanates from God.
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