"We do not make friends with God; God makes friends with us, bringing us to know him by making his love known to us... The word know, when used of God in this way, is a sovereign-grace word, pointing to God's initiative in loving, choosing, redeeming, calling and preserving."

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J. I. Packer

#Grace Quotes #Calling Quotes #His Love Quotes

“You know how it is to want something. Desire builds like a little house in your head and it sits there, half-constructed in your mind. Women who want children are this way. Artists are this way about pictures. It doesn't go away. You may forget for a few months but then it's back, the unfinished pieces of what you want.”

Source : Deb Olin Unferth (2010). “Vacation”, p.99, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“The more innocent you are, the more blissful you will be.”
“I was entirely wrapped up in the idea of becoming an actor. I learned how to write on the job, basically out of necessity. I always thought it'd be fun to write something, but it never was an ambition of mine, per se. I just thought, "Well, maybe I'll do it one day just for the hell of it and see if it works."”

Source : "Jacked In". Interview with David Read, www.gateworld.net. July 30, 2004.
“The problem is that many who reject Marx do not read him, or read him only by bringing prejudices to their reading that prevent them from understanding him.”

Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com
“Never make a big decision without sleeping on it.”

Source : Martha Stewart (2006). “The Martha Rules: 10 Essentials for Achieving Success as You Start, Build, or Manage a Business”, p.40, Rodale
“Folks think a lifetime is a thing stretched out over years. It ain't. It can happen quick as a match in a dark room.”

Source : Esi Edugyan (2012). “Half-Blood Blues: A Novel”, p.205, Macmillan
“I was kind of confused. I thought, Well, if I get drafted, I'll go. Everybody was very concerned with it. I had friends who went. Some that came back and some that didn't”
“Henry was thinking of the younger Holland sister of the way she could go from being an impetuous girl to a knowing woman in a few seconds and never lose the stars in her eyes.”

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