Quotes About Presence

The feet-on-the-stove stance of this book is a deliberate attempt to cure myself, and anyone else who will listen, of the nasty habit of worrying the world to pieces like a terrier with a rag. What we are up to here is not the hasty shaking loose of a culinary result, but a patient rumination on cooking itself. There are more important things to do than hurry.

However grand our sacramental downsittings and updressings may be, they remain only and precisely sacraments: real presences, under particular signs, of the happier order that faith can discover under any and all signs. They're a bit like the church. As long as we see them as an earnest of the kingdom, they're all right; when we put on airs and act as if they were the kingdom itself, they look just silly.

Cuando no penséis, cuando tan sólo améis, ya no volveréis a «intentar» comprender o amar; simplemente lo haréis.

Los iraquíes querían el final de nuestra presencia así como del régimen de Sadam. Querían controlar su propio país y su propio petróleo. Los sirios querían recuperar el Golán. Los palestinos querían un Estado, aunque consistiera en menos del 22 por ciento del protectorado de Palestina, no un muro de seis metros y ocupación.

Quiet is the absence of sound. Silence is the presence of silence.

A vast unfocused rage rose in her, against men who considered displays of emotion a delicious open door; men who ogled your breasts under the pretense of scanning the wine shelves; men for whom your mere physical presence constituted a lubricious invitation. Her

They don't disappear, the dead. It'd be easier if they did. I can see her so clearly. If she walked up those steps now, part of me wouldn't be surprised. She was such a vivid person.

Forty years ago, but it feels like yesterday. They don't disappear, the dead. It'd be easier if they did. I can see her so clearly. If she walked up those steps now, part of me wouldn't be surprised. She was such a vivid person.

Remember that your model is not against space but in it.

A Modern Prayer Dear God, help me to slow down notrushpasteverythingthatisimportanttodayamen. Robert Holden

Such a long long time to be gone and a short time to be there

The Lord your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you. – Deuteronomy 31:6

Make a joyful shout to the LORD , all you lands! Serve the Lord with gladness; come before His presence with singing. Know that the LORD , He is God. – Psalm 100:1–3

We . . . would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord. – 2 Corinthians 5:8 NIV

A little while longer and the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you will live also. – John 14:19

More of Thy presence, Lord, impart, More of Thine image let me bear; Construct Thy throne within my heart, And reign without a rival there.          Ã¢â'¬â€John Newton

Jesus] walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands. – Revelation 2:1

You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark. . . . And there I will meet with you, and I will speak with you from above the mercy seat. – Exodus 25:21–22

When they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no one but Jesus only. – Matthew 17:8

In Your presence is fullness of joy. – Psalm 16:11

We must serve Him with gladness and come into His presence with singing. Commentator Matthew Henry called joy the "oil on the wheels of our obedience.

And thus we shall always be with the Lord. – 1 Thessalonians 4:17

Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go . . . I will not leave you. – Genesis 28:15

Never a trial that He is not there, Never a burden that He doth not bear, Never a sorrow that He doth not share, Moment by moment, I'm under His care.