#ritual

The Bible is teh means through which we are introduced to Jesus and invited to follow Him in the life of humility and service. Secured by the knowledge that in Christ, our origin... and destination is God, we will yield the fruit of service to God. This is the "so what" of our Bible reading. Does it shape our spirits in love and humility? Does it lead us more fully into life with God? (Life with God, p. 34-35) ↗

— Richard Foster

#devotions #disciplines #life-with-god #spiritual-formation #life

Unless you are silent, you will not know your urgent heart, how it beats between the thin skin of yes and no. ↗

— Drew Myron

#poetry-love-spirituality #poetry-quotes-life #reflection #thoughtful #life

The Glory of this life is in viewing it as eternal. ↗

— Beth Johnson

#meditation #releasing #sacredness #soul #spiritual

Love consists in desiring to give what is our own to another and feeling his delight as our own ↗

— Emanuel Swedenborg

#spirituality #love

So I stood up and did a handstand on my Guru's roof, to celebrate the notion of liberation. I felt the dusty tiles under my hands. I felt my own strength and balance. I felt the easy night breeze on the palms of my bare feet. This kind of thing -- a spontaneous handstand--isn't something a disembodied cool blue soul can do, but a human being can do it. We have hands; we can stand on them if we want to. That's our privilege. That's the joy of a mortal body. And that's why God needs us. Because God loves to feel things through our hands. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#love

What mattered to her was that she loved God, whether or not He granted her the consolation and joy of His felt presence. ↗

— Brian Kolodiejchuk

#love

Love transforms pleasure into pain. ↗

— Imam Al-Busiri

#love

He never knew a single second could be expanded into something timeless and so archaic. It shook him to his core – there were no words for it. ↗

— Dianna Hardy

#bonding #bonding-ritual #love #making-love #timeless

Why do we think love is a magician? Because the whole power of magic consists in love. The work of magic is the attraction of one thing by another because of a certain affinity of nature. ↗

— Marsilio Ficino

#love #magic #philosophy #renaissance #spirituality

When nations resort to arms, the human spirit is like a bird that cannot stand to hear its own song. ↗

— Phoenix Desmond

#love #nature #peace #spiritual #spirituality