Quotes about Connection

If we seem to get no good by attempting to draw near to Him, we may be sure we will get none by keeping away from Him.

The story of the Bible isn't primarily about the desire of people to be with God; it's the desire of God to be with people.

Prayer, perhaps more than any other activity, is the concrete expression of the fact that we are invited into a relationship with God.

The entire sum of Creation, each private and individual act of nature, is God waving hello.

Then MacDonald writes this insightful line: "that the same God who is in us, . . . also is all about us—inside, the Spirit; outside, the Word. And the two are ever trying to meet in us.

God is determined that you should be in every respect his friend, his companion, his dwelling place.

I remember how at night I didn't have slow, sweet talks, but merely rushed the children to bed so I could have more time to myself.

I might have felt unimportant pitted against the awesome might of the mountains. I did not. Rather, on that mountain top I found something important that I had never known before: an awareness of a vital connection between me and the Authority behind all this beauty.

A mother's treasure is her daughter.

We make our friends we make our enemies but God makes our next door neighbour.

Coincidences are spiritual puns.

I said, "Mom…" "Yes?" "Thank you for all you do for me. For how much you work and change your schedule to be with me." "How did you know I did that?" "I just don't say thank you enough." She looked at me and her eyes filled. "Do you know why I do it, Eddie?" "Why?" "Because you're my greatest joy, Eddie. You're my joy.