Quotes About Connection

Sir, more than kisses, letters mingle souls; For, thus friends absent speak.

Whatever is, is in its causes just; But purblind man Sees but a part o' th' chain; the nearest link; His eyes not carrying to that equal beam That poises all above.

For Life is the means, but Love's the end. [IV.4.73]

Wherever okra points its green tip, Africa has been: 'nuff said.

Food in the South has always built bridges across political and social chasms impassable by any other medium.

We need Jesus like we need oxygen. Like we need water. Like the branch needs the vine. Jesus is not merely a figure for devotions. He is the missing essence of your existence. Whether we know it or not, we are desperate for Jesus.

Marriage is the sanctuary of the heart. You have been entrusted with the heart of another human being. Whatever else your life's great mission will entail, loving and defending this heart next to you is part of your great quest.

Shouting is obvious; not talking to each other slips by.

For what shall we do when we wake one day to find we have lost touch with our heart and with it the very refuge where God's presence resides? a

The vast desire and capacity a woman has for intimate relationships tells us of God's vast desire and capacity for intimate relationships.

Most Christians have lost the life of their heart and with it, their romance with God.

The gift of presence is a rare and beautiful gift. To come - unguarded, undistracted - and be fully present, fully engaged with whoever we are with at that moment.

Oswald Chambers, a man who wrote profoundly and elegantly on prayer, made a radical statement when he said, "The idea of prayer is not in order to get answers from God." Good heavens—it's not? What then is the purpose? "Prayer is perfect and complete oneness with God." 1 A mighty truth is being uncovered here.

All of the happiness we have ever known and all of the happiness we hope to find is unreachable without a heart.

God wants to live this life together with you, to share in your days and decisions, your desires and disappointments. He wants intimacy with you in the midst of the madness and the mundane, the meetings and the memos, the laundry and the lists, the carpools and conversations and projects and pain. He wants to pour his love into your heart and he longs to have you pour yours into his.

I am looking for my heart.

Listen to your own heart and the hearts of the women you know. What is it that a woman wants? What does she dream of?

We know if we could truly love, and be loved, and never lose love, we would finally be happy.

If strangers and strange sights can shake the world of children, it takes the people they know and love best to pull it out from under them like a chair.

My soul just can't do life at the speed of smartphones. But I was asking it to; everybody's asking theirs to.

For what shall we do when we wake one day to find we have lost touch with our heart and with it the very refuge where God's presence resides?

One of the deepest of all human longings is the longing to belong, to be a part of things, to be invited in. We want to be part of the fellowship. Where did that come from?

And he wants you to be utterly yourself, with him.

spirit—we know there is something special, even sacramental about sex. It