"God's deepest work often happens where people cannot see it. When you think He is silent, He is actually shaping; when you think He is retreating, He is actually preparing; when you only see darkness and stagnation, God is already in the shadows, arranging the next step of light for you. God is not in a hurry to prove His works to people; He is more concerned with preparing people to receive the grace He will bestow."
— George McDonald
Source: Unspoken Sermons
Preparation, Grace
Views: 205
"The beginning of a new year is God's grace to us, giving us the opportunity to start anew and live a new life in Christ."
— Jonathan Edwards
Source: New Year Sermons
New Year's greetings
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"God does not act according to time, but time unfolds in God's will. People think that He is slow, but in fact they just do not understand His order."
— Augustine
Source: "On the City of God"
time, order
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"I often find that when I obediently hand over a small plan to God, He returns to me a plan that I never dared to hope for."
— Hudson Taylor
Source: Letters and Biographical Documents
plan
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"Where children go does not depend entirely on the path we pave for them, but on whether they see in their homes that their parents themselves are humbly following God."
— Augustine
Source: Confessions
Child, Road
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"Children are not tools for their parents to live for, but souls entrusted to us by God. When we think we are shaping them, it is often God shaping us through them."