The woman was made of a rib out of the side of Adam; not made out of his head to rule over him, nor out of his feet to be trampled upon by him, but out of his side to be equal with him, under his arm to be protected, and near his heart to be beloved. ~ Matthew Henry
Every Christian should be a walking miracle and never be the kind of person who can be explained. ~ A.W. Tozer
“Who are the people who have influenced us most?” asks Oswald Chambers. “Not the ones who thought they did, but those who did not have even the slightest idea that they were influencing us.”
If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were just those who thought most of the next. The Apostles themselves, who set on foot the conversion of the Roman Empire, the great men who built up the Middle Ages, the English Evangelicals who abolished the Slave Trade, all left their mark on Earth, precisely because their minds were occupied with Heaven. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this. Aim at Heaven and you will get earth “thrown in”: aim at earth and you will get neither. ~ C.S. Lewis
© Becky Laney of Operation Actually Read Bible
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