Quotes about Relationship

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

God wants to be known, but not in a way that overwhelms us, that takes away the possibility of love freely chosen. "God is like a person who clears his throat while hiding and so gives himself away," said Meister Eckhart.

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

God is not interested in your "spiritual life." God is just interested in your life.

Watch a marriage that was begun with hope and dreams, but has now plateaued, where affections have cooled and intimacy has faded. Rather than name the problem, face their pain, and ask for help, the couple resign themselves to a life of mediocrity, living together as intimate strangers. See a middle-aged man who spends

The Holy Spirit is said to be the divine, eternal, mutual love of the Father and the Son.

Isa. xliii. 22, "Thou hast not called upon me, thou hast been weary of me.

It is true, our interest in God is not built upon our holiness; but it is as true that we have none without it.

The only time I ever find my dealings with God less than clear-cut is when I'm not being honest with Him. The fuzziness is always on my side, not His.

A mother's treasure is her daughter.

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

Why? Why indeed. It was a sticky, impossible question and I didn't know how to answer it. How far back did I have to go to find the place where our roads diverged? How could I explain that sometimes a thousand little things added up to something so big it had the power to crush a relationship.