January 31st, 2007

"Thoughts are but coins. Let me not trust, instead of Thee, their thin-worn image of Thy head. From all my thoughts, even from my thoughts of Thee, O thou fair Silence, fall, and set me free. Lord of the narrow gate and the needle's eye, Take from me all my trumpery lest I die."
- C.S. Lewis "The Apologist's Evening Prayer"

"We are given minds and imaginations that can freely tread into heavenly matters, and yet we are clearly warned of the limitations of this freedom. "Show me your glory," Moses implored of God. "Show us the Father," the disciples plead with Jesus. The desire to see Him is set invariably upon our hearts. But we cannot fathom what he has done from the beginning to end anymore than we can fathom Him."
- Jill Carattini (www.rzim.org) A Slice of Infinity, "Thoughtful Idols"

"Can you fathom the mysteries of God? Can you probe the limits of the Almighty? The are higher than the heavens - what can you do? They are deeper than the depths of the grave - what can you know?"
- Job 11:7-8

"We should be helping each other learn how to live by grace, not in our own strength, and not in the strength of our friends. If the friendship itself becomes the point of the friendship, it will sour."
- Betsy Childs (www.rzim.org) A Slice of Infinity, "Side By Side"