Quotes about Divine

God's love for the human race is a peculiar form—a love born of mercy, for the human subject is all-undeserving. .

Women are one of the Almighty's enigmas to prove to men that He knows more than they do.

I see heaven's glories shine and faith shines equal.

those of us who wish to draw near to God should not be surprised when our vision goes cloudy, for this is a sign that we are approaching the opaque splendor of God. If we decide to keep going beyond the point where our eyes or minds are any help to us, we may finally arrive at the pinnacle of the spiritual journey toward God, which exists in complete and dazzling darkness.

Salvation is a word for the divine spaciousness that comes to human beings in all the tight places where their lives are at risk, regardless of how they got there or whether they know God's name. Sometimes it comes as an extended human hand and sometimes as a bolt from the blue, but either way it opens a door in what looked for all the world like a wall. This is the way of life, and God alone knows how it works.

Earth is so thick with divine possibility that it is a wonder we can walk anywhere without cracking our shins on altars.

here is the testimony of faith: darkness is not dark to God; the night is as bright as the day.

God shows up in whirlwinds, starry skies, burning bushes, and perfect strangers.

As natural as it may be to want to play on the winning team, the wish to secure divine favoritism strikes me as the worst possible reason to practice any religion. If the man who asked that question could not think of a dozen better reasons to be a Christian than that, then what, indeed, was he doing there?

I was so busy serving the Divine Presence that we never got any time alone anymore.

Then one night when my whole heart was open to hearing from God what I was supposed to do with my life, God said, "Anything that pleases you." "What?" I said, resorting to words again. "What kind of an answer is that?" "Do anything that pleases you," the voice in my head said again, "and belong to me.

When you live in God, your day begins when you lose yourself long enough for God to find you, and when God finds you, to lose yourself