Quotes About God

The sky was overcast with thick, grey clouds drifting in the direction of Idasa. That meant rain. It would come, as long as the clouds drifted in that direction. Lightening flashes momentarily parted the clouds...Shango, the god of lightening and thunder, was registering his anger as this strange talk of a new God is taking hold of simple folk who were once unquestioning votaries of his order. The new malady must be nipped in the bud.

Let us begin by turning the skeptic's question on its head. If you could believe in God, why wouldn't you? There is good evidence that those who believe in a loving God have happier lives. Loneliness is bad for people in many different ways—it diminishes immune function, increases blood pressure, and depresses cognitive function—and we know that people who believe in God are less lonely.

Remember to have a little faith. When you die, I believe, God isn't going to ask you what you published. God's going to ask you what you wrote.

Wasn't she afraid of the violence men can do to women? Yes, she was—where is the woman who isn't—but what sort of man, who takes the name of God, would even speak of such things?

Yes, there were thousands of women like them. Yes, they were Muslims. No, they did not think Allah would punish them. No, she was not afraid of what Daesh might do. Yes, that is what she would call them—Daesh—whether they liked it or not. Wasn't she afraid of the violence men can do to women? Yes, she was—where is the woman who isn't—but what sort of man, who takes the name of God, would even speak of such things?

You've said that even if God existed you could not know the mind of God, for that would be a sacrilege from any religious perspective. Divinity is divinity only to the extent that it exceeds the bounds of human understanding, you said. That was one of the statements that made me think of accosting you here. Well, perhaps, happiness is like that too: we cannot really understand the happiness of other people. Or their sorrow.

nasze uczestnictwo w Eucharystii b?dzie takie jak nasza codzienno??. Je?eli w codzienno?ci s? dla nas wa?ne jedynie przedmioty, sprawy do za?atwienia, interesy, nawet naj?wi?tsze, [...] wtedy przychodz?c na Eucharysti?, jeste?my ju? w jakim? stopniu pozbawieni mo?liwo?ci wej?cia z Bogiem w blisko??.

Pokaza? palcem w gór?, gdzie mieszka Bóg i urz?duje Biuro Polityczne.

Hear, O Israel, Adonai, our God, Adonai, is one," her mother recited the Shema prayer before bed, then opened her eyes. "Remember, Batya. No matter where you are, say your prayer. It will protect you from demons that come during the night searching for innocent souls.

This means that it is always possible for a person to return to the Source, to return to God, for there is an ultimate Divine anchor in the soul of each one of us. Think of times when you have awakened to life again, when you had a renewed sense of wonder at the possibilities open to you. This absolute ability to return—in Hebrew teshuva—is built into the structure of the universe itself. This

No matter what happens while the soul is in a physical incarnation on earth, nothing can harm the soul or disrupt its connection to God. Moreover, our soul is always trying to express its true essence through our lives.

Judaism has always insisted on understanding God in a personal way. It does not mean that every time something bad happens, God is punishing someone. Rather

Responsibility is the ability to respond, which implies a larger context, a community, a world of other actors and thinkers, and God as a major player too, with intricate processes linking heaven to earth. This

All of us have the gifts we need to reflect the image of God, each in our own unique way. The very fact that we have arrived here, in human incarnation, tells us that we have the courage to take on the task. Although

This, then, the reason God claimed vengeance for his own? That one not be made unfeeling?

He was in need of prayer to battle the terrible emotions that threatened to drag him farther and farther from God.

Though, methinks, my faith is more often a weed than a flower—that sometimes it might be better were it pulled and the seed sown on more fertile ground—what I do know of God is that He would not take your brother's life to punish you.

Let no one define how you se yourself...save God alone. See yourself through His eyes and His strength, and you'll see who you can be despite being who you are.

It's not about you. It's not about me. This life that we live, the reason we're here. It's only when we see our lives through eternal eyes that we find true peace or wealth that will last. Real security can only be found in that which can never be taken from you . . . in a relationship with God.

Let no-one define how you see yourself...save God alone. See yourself through His eyes and His strength, and you'll see who you can be despite being who you are. But see yourself through your own eyes, and you'll be left to question, and to doubt, subject to the whims and wishes of others who will not have your best at heart.

Settled on the carriage seat, Olivia drew in a deep breath, the first in what felt like five years. she knew it was wrong, what she was feeling. Because of widow of only a week shouldn't wish to dance a jig. But God help her, that's precisely what part of her wanted to do. Not on the grave of her recently deceased husband, of course-that would be considered rude. Just off to the side would suffice.

Yet even in such moments she didn't doubt that God existed. She just sometimes wondered if He remembered that she did.

life isn't always just. But God, who sees everything, is. And He will bring good from it.

Then you'll need to teach him again, until he's learned. Just as I've done with you boys. That's what God does with us, after all. Puts us out into the world where the only real boundary is that of His love. His love either compels us, or restrains us. There is nothing stronger, Danny.