Quotes About Devotion

Does the task love the master?

He smiled, that gay clean smile of his that I knew so well and that had so often been like a light to me. For one of those brief magic moments of time the years slipped away, and I was back in the tiny old cottage in Sussex that a friend had loaned to us for a few days. It was our wedding night and Bill was saying, "All of me to you, darling, forever." Yes, that was it: all of each of us to the other. Forever. Whatever.

It has ever been since time began, and ever will be, till time lose breath, that love is a mood - no more - to man, and love to a woman is life or death.

Thank God, I say, for while I love you so, With that vast love, as passionate as tender, I feel an exultation as I know I have not made you a complete surrender. Here is my body; bruise it, if you will, And break my heart; I have that something still. You cannot grasp it

To know for an hour you were mine completely -- Mine in body and soul, my own -- I would bear unending tortures sweetly, With not a murmur and not a moan. A lighter sin or a lesser error Might change through hope or fear divine; But there is no fear, and hell has no terror, To change or alter a love like mine.

I would kneel by the bank, in the grasses dank, And drink you, drink you, drink you. — Ella Wheeler Wilcox, from "If," Picked Poems . (Chicago: W. B. Conkey Company, 1912)

You're my heart and soul.

It makes it so much easier to love you.

Creating beauty is an act of faith.

as God ceased His labor of creating, and rested upon the Sabbath and blessed it, so man is to leave the occupations of his daily life, and devote those sacred hours to healthful rest, to worship, and to holy deeds. The work of Christ in healing the sick was in perfect accord with the law. It honored the Sabbath.—The Desire of Ages, p. 207.

It is not the fear of punishment, or the hope of everlasting reward, that leads the disciples of Christ to follow Him. They behold the Saviour's matchless love, revealed throughout His pilgrimage on earth, from the manger of Bethlehem to Calvary's cross, and the sight of Him attracts, it softens and subdues the soul. Love awakens in the heart of the beholders. They hear His voice, and they follow Him.

True love is not a strong, fiery, impetuous passion. It is, on the contrary, an element calm and deep.

Amusements that have a tendency to weaken the love for sacred things and lessen our joy in the service of God are not to be sought by Christians.

Each morning consecrate yourselves and your children to God for that day. Make no calculation for months or years; these are not yours. One brief day is given you. As if it were your last on earth, work during its hours for the Master. Lay all your plans before God, to be carried out or given up, as His providence shall indicate.—Testimonies for the Church 7:44 (1902).

We cannot love the Lord with all our heart, mind, soul, and strength while we are loving our appetites, our tastes, a great deal better than we love the Lord.

It were well for parents to learn from the man of Uz a lesson of steadfastness and devotion. Job did not neglect his duty to those outside of his household; he was benevolent, kind, thoughtful of the interests of others; and at the same time he labored earnestly for the salvation of his own family.—Sons and Daughters of God, p. 257.

One day alone is ours, and during this day we are to live for God.

Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart. Ps. 119:34.

Choose you this day whom ye will serve. Joshua 24:15.

Quién posee nuestro corazón? ¿Con quién están nuestros pensamientos? ¿De quién nos gusta hablar? ¿Para quién son nuestros más ardientes afectos y nuestras mejores energías? Si somos de Cristo, nuestros pensamientos están con él y nuestros más gratos pensamientos son para él. Todo lo que tenemos y somos lo hemos consagrado a él. Deseamos vehementemente ser semejantes a él, tener su Espíritu, hacer su voluntad y agradarle en todo.

What can be more pleasing to God than to see those who enter into the marriage relation seek together to learn of Jesus and to become more and more imbued with His Spirit?

The patchwork religion is not of the least value with God. He requires the whole heart.

Watch unto prayer, go forward and upward, catching more and more of the spirit of Jesus, and sowing the same beside all waters. [186]

Santidade é viver de toda palavra que sai da boca de Deus. É confiar nEle tanto na escuridão quanto na luz, caminhando pela fé e não pelo que vemos.