Quotes about Belonging
You can never go home again, but the truth is you can never leave home, so it's all right.
— Maya Angelou
Somebody loves us, too - God Himself. We have been created to love and to be loved
— Mother Teresa
Love is ownership. We own whom we love. The universe is God's because He loves.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Dear brothers and sisters, the Church loves you! Be an active presence in the community, as living cells, as living stones.
— Pope Francis
We are the sum of the Father's love for us
— Pope John Paul II
God hates loneliness, and community is God's answer to loneliness. When we walk alongside other people, we find a community where we learn how to love.
— Rick Warren
The third discipline is community. Whom do you choose as your companions? Whom do you choose to be friends with, to live with? Are they people who love you, and care for you, and nurture you?
— Henri Nouwen
To live as God's child is to know, at this very instant, that you are loved by your Maker not because you try to please him and succeed, or fail to please him and apologize, but because he wants to be your Father. Nothing more. All your efforts to win his affection are unnecessary. All your fears of losing his affection are needless. You can no more make him want you than you can convince him to abandon you. The adoption is irreversible. You have a place at his table.
— Max Lucado
You are loved by your maker not because you try to please him and succeed, or fail to please him and apologize, but because he wants to be your father.
— Max Lucado
If you aren't you, we don't get you.
— Max Lucado
if you were adopted, your parents chose you. Surprise pregnancies happen. But surprise adoptions? Never heard of one. Your parents could have picked a different gender, color, or ancestry. But they selected you. They wanted you in their family.
— Max Lucado
Come, live in me!" Jesus invites. "Make my home your home." Odds are that you know what it means to be at home somewhere. To be at home is to feel safe. The residence is a place of refuge and security. To be at home is to be comfortable. You can pad around wearing slippers and a robe. To be at home is to be familiar. When you enter the door, you needn't consult the blueprint to find the kitchen.
— Max Lucado