Quotes from Jana Riess

A peace washed over me when I knew God had marked me as HIS crazy person.

It is easy to love the people far away. It is not always easy to love those close to us. It is easier to give a cup of rice to relieve hunger than to relieve the loneliness and pain of someone unloved in our own home. Bring love into your home for this is where our love for each other must start. — MOTHER TERESA

A soft answer turns away wrath and a gentle tongue is the tree of life, but a snarky Twitter Bible only leads to trouble.

There are two ways to get enough: one is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less. — G. K. CHESTERTON

62: For G alone my soul waits in silence. He's running late, but my soul waits in silence. This is me, being silent. Out loud.

this lovely paraphrase on me from St. Teresa:   Place yourself in the presence of Christ. Don't wear yourself out thinking. Simply speak with your Beloved. Delight in him. Lay your needs at his feet. Acknowledge that he doesn't have to allow you in his presence. (But he does!) There is a time for thinking, And a time for being. Be. With him.

You see that I am a very little soul who can offer to God only very little things. — ST. THÉRÈSE OF LISIEUX

Dave says good-bye. Sniff. Advises new king Sol that when playing hide-and-seek with G, it's good to let G find you.

village of stores, homes, and other buildings where

131: My heart is not proud, G. I am never haughty. Except maybe now, when I'm explaining how very humble I am.

134: 3-verse, all-purpose psalm: 1) Praise G. 2) Lift up your hands. 3) Be blessed. Would that religion were always this simple.

When the Bible commands us to be thankful, that gratitude is almost never about us or about the material comforts of our little lives. It's about being thankful for God and for his "steadfast love" (Ps. 118, 106, 107), not just for what he's done for us lately.

A dairymaid can milk cows to the glory of God. — MARTIN LUTHER