Abigail

“The question is not whether you ever gave yourself to God, but whether you are His now.”
― Elizabeth Prentiss, Stepping Heavenward

“The most indifferent actions cease to be such and become good as soon as one performs them with the intention of conforming one's self in them to the will of God. They are often better and purer than certain actions that appear more virtuous. 1st, because they are less of our own choice and more in the order of Providence when one is obliged to perform them; 2nd, because they are simpler and less exposed to vain complaisance; 3rd, because if one yields to them with moderation, one finds in them more of death to one's inclinations than in certain acts of fervor in which self-love mingles; finally, because these little occasions occur more frequently and furnish a secret occasion for continually making every moment profitable.”
― Elisabeth Prentiss, Stepping Heavenward

“I would hope a God that I believe in is bigger than I am,” he said one night. I argued that I could not appreciate something if I did not understand it. He held that his appreciation for something only grew if he could not comprehend it fully.”
― Carolyn Weber, Surprised by Oxford

“Chesterton was right when he claimed that ‘the Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and left untried.”
― Carolyn Weber, Surprised by Oxford