There is nothing so secular that it cannot be sacred, and that is one of the deepest messages of the Incarnation.
Interpretation
The quote suggests that everything in life can hold profound significance, blending the secular with the sacred.
Madeleine L'Engle's quote communicates the idea that even the most ordinary aspects of life can possess a deep spiritual essence. This reflects the belief that the divine is present in all things, urging us to recognize the significance and beauty in both the mundane and extraordinary experiences in our lives. The mention of the Incarnation underscores this message, emphasizing the merging of the divine with the everyday human experience.
In practice
In a speech about finding beauty in everyday life.
Truth is what is true, and it's not necessarily factual. Truth and fact are not the same thing. Truth does not contradict or deny facts, but it goes through and beyond facts. This is something that it is very difficult for some people to understand. Truth can be dangerous.
George MacDonald gives me renewed strength during times of trouble--times when I have seen people tempted to deny God--when he says, "The Son of God suffered unto death, not that men might not suffer, but that their sufferings might be like his.
If you don't recount your family history, it will be lost. Honor your own stories and tell them too. The tales may not seem very important, but they are what binds families and makes each of us who we are.
I never want to lose the story-loving child within me, or the adolescent, or the young woman, or the middle-aged one, because all together they help me to be fully alive on this journey, and show me that I must be willing to go where it takes me, even through the valley of the shadow.
The minute we begin to think we have all the answers, we forget the questions.
When we believe in the impossible, it becomes possible, and we can do all kinds of extraordinary things.
The pain is there; when you close one door on it, it knocks to come in somewhere else.
No, I'm not interested in politics. I have zero interest. I have interest in hope and people.
And don't forget: time is meant to be wasted, love fails and death is useless.
History and memory share events; that is, they share time and space. Every moment is two moments.
The culture industry not so much adapts to the reactions of its customers as it counterfeits them.
As long as we are flippant and stupid and shallow and think that we know ourselves, we shall never give ourselves over to Jesus Christ; but when once we become conscious that we are infinitely more than we can fathom, and infinitely greater in possibility either for good or bad than we can know, we shall be only too glad to hand ourselves over to Him.
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