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“In this aloneness, is a mystical intimacy; you and God. His music, you hear with your soul; his love song, sung by the waves. In deep mingling, you too become an ocean of light.”
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“And this was part of the family song too. It was all part. Sometimes it rose to an aching cord that caught the throat, saying this is safety, this is warmth, this is the Whole.”
― The Pearl
― The Pearl
“We get tired, we get weary, we get out of tune with God's music. The praise we attempt to sing, the speaking of His grace…it falls flat like an old,weary guitar string. That's why we have to go out best to let Christ tune our hearts daily—with tension, with gentle rebukes and loving comfort, strumming and tightening until a pure note wings from our soul.
And then we can honestly sing of His grace once again.”
― Sing Thy Grace
And then we can honestly sing of His grace once again.”
― Sing Thy Grace
“The waves leave, but their story remains, written on the shores. The flower goes to sleep, but the scent remains, floating in the breeze. What once was woven in love, leaves behind a poem, a song, or a dried rose between the pages. They are the memories of light.
Jayita Bhattacharjee”
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Jayita Bhattacharjee”
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“Beauty is a part of education.”
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