Oct 2, 2023·edited Oct 2, 2023Liked by Sarah E. Westfall
I've been keeping a (sporadic) journal this year, but never have figured out a good system for collecting quotes. Your method sounds like it could actually work for me! Might give it a try when I finish my current book.
Also: Wintering is so good! I love Katherine May's writing.
I read a quote a couple of years ago that I’ve carried around in me: the particular path a person’s soul life follows is determined by God’s unique, loving and always unpredictable attentiveness. Gerald May
I’ve got this one I’ve committed to memory. "In a futile attempt to erase our past, we deprive the community of our healing gift. If we conceal our wounds out of fear and shame, our inner darkness can neither be illuminated nor become a light for others." ~Brennan Manning
And I’m also fond of this “But you cannot control everything...All you can do is face the world with quiet grace and hope you make a sliver of difference...You must trust that you being the best possible you matters somehow...That being an attentive and generous friend and citizen will prevent a thread or two of the social fabric from unraveling.” ~Brian Doyle
And since you gave us 3... Moltmann came to mind...“But the ultimate reason for our hope is not to be found at all in what we want, wish for and wait for; the ultimate reason is that we are wanted and wished for and waited for. What is it that awaits us? Does anything await us at all, or are we alone? Whenever we base our hope on trust in the divine mystery, we feel deep down in our hearts: there is someone who is waiting for you, who is hoping for you, who believes in you. We are waited for as the prodigal son in the parable is waited for by his father. We are accepted and received, as a mother takes her children into her arms and comforts them. God is our last hope because we are God's first love.” ~Jürgen Moltmann
Loved Wintering. Am currently reading Enchantment, but would love to do a re-read of Wintering ❤️
Great quote choices! Here's one that I read again this past week at just the right time:
“For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.” - T.S. Eliot, “East Coker”
From my Pastor son, Geraled Hiestand, speaking on fthe purpose of beauty and finding Jesus in Beauty:
"Beauty for the sake of beauty itself misses the point because beauty points back to the Creator who created all of this for our enjoyment.
looking for God's goodness in the land of the living:
"If you are looking for God's goodness, you need look no further than creation, for he created this for us.
I've been keeping a (sporadic) journal this year, but never have figured out a good system for collecting quotes. Your method sounds like it could actually work for me! Might give it a try when I finish my current book.
Also: Wintering is so good! I love Katherine May's writing.
I read a quote a couple of years ago that I’ve carried around in me: the particular path a person’s soul life follows is determined by God’s unique, loving and always unpredictable attentiveness. Gerald May
It’s the unpredictable that gets me.
I’ve got this one I’ve committed to memory. "In a futile attempt to erase our past, we deprive the community of our healing gift. If we conceal our wounds out of fear and shame, our inner darkness can neither be illuminated nor become a light for others." ~Brennan Manning
And I’m also fond of this “But you cannot control everything...All you can do is face the world with quiet grace and hope you make a sliver of difference...You must trust that you being the best possible you matters somehow...That being an attentive and generous friend and citizen will prevent a thread or two of the social fabric from unraveling.” ~Brian Doyle
And since you gave us 3... Moltmann came to mind...“But the ultimate reason for our hope is not to be found at all in what we want, wish for and wait for; the ultimate reason is that we are wanted and wished for and waited for. What is it that awaits us? Does anything await us at all, or are we alone? Whenever we base our hope on trust in the divine mystery, we feel deep down in our hearts: there is someone who is waiting for you, who is hoping for you, who believes in you. We are waited for as the prodigal son in the parable is waited for by his father. We are accepted and received, as a mother takes her children into her arms and comforts them. God is our last hope because we are God's first love.” ~Jürgen Moltmann