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Ana Lisa De Jong
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“What do you feel with a hill and view? Do you look for wings locked deep inside you? Do you ask a question, shed a tear, or make a poem? Or do you just see an ocean? I want you to see what I see. Or if not, for you to show me what you perceive. My journey isn't yours, and the source of our joy, is both a lock between us, and a key.”
― Songs In The Night
― Songs In The Night
“Can we capture the love of God? Can we contain him in all His might? No, but he has promised to bind us to Him, in chains of righteousness held tight. Can we capture the light of God? Can we bask forever under His warm rays? No, but weeping may go on for a night, and joy is as sure as the coming of the new day. We cannot hold Him; but still close to Him we are held. We cannot love him as He deserves, but it was He that loved us first. We cannot chain Him in, but in chains of love we are bound. We cannot bind the infinite God, but it is us that he surrounds.”
― Songs In The Night
― Songs In The Night
“A Poem for Pentecost For light to burn brighter it must be passed on, one small flame kindling another, to ignite a great fire. For a blessing to be bestowed it must have first sprung from the well within, in which blessings received are held. For like the light that burns without going out, so the blessings we are given are to be borne on as gifts to others. And when we fail to receive all God has for us, we risk failing to become the gift he would have us be to those in need of it. For the light is not in ourselves alone, and the blessing is something that grows with the passing. We, the baton bearers of an endless flame. ‘“The people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.”’ Matthew 4:16 (NIV)”
― Gifted: Songs of the Heart
― Gifted: Songs of the Heart
“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable.”
― The Four Loves
― The Four Loves
“Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
― The Four Loves
― The Four Loves
“Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.”
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“To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.”
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