Quotes about Hidden

But the golden-rod is one of the fairy, magical flowers; it grows not up to seek human love amid the light of day, but to mark to the discerning what wealth lies hid in the secret caves of earth.

Sometimes when we meet other people—and even after we've gotten to know them—all we see is the tip of the iceberg when we look at their lives. We don't understand the things that are driving them, the unresolved issues from their pasts, and the depth of pain they're in now.

At times God is too close for us to see. We lose sight of how He's working until months or years later, when we're able to step back and gain a broader perspective. I frequently think about Moses pleading with God to show him His glory. God knew Moses couldn't handle what he was requesting, so He told him He'd hide him in the crevice of a rock and cover him with His hand while His glory passed by.

Wherever the Word of God is hidden or ignored, there will be certain destruction.

Don't you believe that there is in man a deep [spirit] so profound as to be hidden even to him in whom it is?

It is commonly said: What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve.

We communicate like the burrows of foxes, in silence and darkness, under ground. We are undermined by faith and love.

Love is within us. It cannot be destroyed, but can only be hidden

There was no life above the surface anyway.

If you want to identify the hidden strongholds in your life, you need only survey the attitudes in your heart. Every area in your thinking that glistens with hope in God is an area which is being liberated by Christ. But any system of thinking that does not have hope, which feels hopeless, is a stronghold which must be pulled down.

But our task is the opposite of distraction. Our task is to help people concentrate on the real but often hidden event of God's active presence in their lives. Hence, the question that must guide all organizing activity in a parish is not how to keep people busy, but how to keep them from being so busy that they can no longer hear the voice of God who speaks in silence.

Waiting patiently is suffering through the present moment, tasting it to the fullest in the belief that something hidden there will manifest itself to us.