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“In whatever way you can do so, according to the talents and gifts God has given you, you are to be salt, and light, and whatever part of the Body of Christ you were made to be. You need to tell us what's going on with you so the rest of the Body (of which you are a part) can work together with you.”
― Chris Manion, God's Patient Pursuit of My Soul

tags: body-of-christ, god-given-talents, salt-and-light, talents-and-gifts, tell-your-story

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#2

“The only thing that matters is our actions, the intentions of our heart .”
― Chris Manion, God's Patient Pursuit of My Soul

tags: actions, heart, intentions, only-thing-that-matters

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#3

“I am sorry I ran from you. I am still running, running from that knowledge, that eye, that love from which there is no refuge. For you meant only love, and love, and I felt only fear, and pain. So once in Israel love came to us incarnate, stood in the doorway between two worlds, and we were all afraid.”
― Annie Dillard, Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters

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#4

“She prunes the idea away like a faded rose blossom, and quickly discards it as if the thorns might puncture her resolve.”
― Beth Neff, Getting Somewhere

tags: resolve

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#5

“It's important in life to conclude things properly. Only then can you let go. Otherwise you are left with words you should have said but never did, and your heart is heavy with remorse.”
― Yann Martel, Life of Pi

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#6

“The greatest honor we can give Almighty God is to live gladly because of the knowledge of his love.”
― Julian of Norwich

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#7

“He said not 'Thou shalt not be tempested, thou shalt not be travailed, thou shalt not be dis-eased'; but he said, 'Thou shalt not be overcome.”
― Julian of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love

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#8

“God loved us before he made us; and his love has never diminished and never shall.”
― Julian of Norwich

tags: love, spirituality

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#9

“All shall be well, and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well.”
― Julian of Norwich

tags: hope-springs-eternal

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#10

“... so our customary practice of prayer was brought to mind: how through our ignorance and inexperience in the ways of love we spend so much time on petition. I saw that it is indeed more worthy of God and more truly pleasing to him that through his goodness we should pray with full confidence, and by his grace cling to him with real understanding and unshakeable love, than that we should go on making as many petitions as our souls are capable of.”
― Julian of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love

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#11

“Our Savior is our true Mother in whom we are endlessly born and out of whom we shall never come.”
― Julian of Norwich

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#12

“See that I am God. See that I am in everything. See that I do everything. See that I have never stopped ordering my works, nor ever shall, eternally. See that I lead everything on to the conclusion I ordained for it before time began, by the same power, wisdom and love with which I made it. How can anything be amiss?”
― Julian of Norwich

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#13

“God, of your goodness, give me yourself; you are enough for me, and anything less that I could ask for would not do you full honor. And if I ask anything that is less, I shall always lack something, but in you alone I have everything'.”
― Julian of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love

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#14

“...we need to fall, and we need to be aware of it; for if we did not fall, we should not know how weak and wretched we are of ourselves, nor should we know our Maker's marvellous love so fully...”
― Julian of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love

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#15

“...the goodness of God is the highest object of prayer and it reaches down to our lowest need.”
― Julian of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love

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#16

“A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.”
― Italo Calvino, The Uses of Literature

tags: books, classics, literature, meaning, reading, words

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#17

“Keep your face to the sun and you will never see the shadows.”
― Helen Keller

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#18

“In the same way that we love God with the love He's given us, I played music back to the author of music itself.”
― Chris Manion, God's Patient Pursuit of My Soul

tags: author-of-music, author-quotes, god, love, music

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#19

“I cherish this book review from the former Executive Director of Contemplative Outreach: A beautiful book. This elegant and authentic memoir of a faith-filled
woman shows how it is possible to be very successful and yet
vulnerable enough to completely depend on the indwelling Spirit. -Gail Fitzpatrick-Hopler”
― Chris Manion, God's Patient Pursuit of My Soul

tags: authentic, book, book-review, faith-filled-woman, holy-spirit, memoir, success-in-business, vulnerable

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#20

“If I open my eyes, I just may die, I thought.”
― Chris Manion, God's Patient Pursuit of My Soul

tags: death, open-your-heart, presence-of-god, theophany

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#21

“I struggled to find just the right words so He would understand the nature and motive of my request. It suddenly dawned on me that I was an idiot. "What a goose," Pascaline Coff whispered to me when I told this story to her fellow Benedictine sisters. God already knew my heart.”
― Chris Manion, God's Patient Pursuit of My Soul

tags: centering, centering-prayer, prayer, spiritual-quotes, spirituality-christian-life

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#22

“Situations that provide no easy or unobtrusive escape, frustrate me. I was doubly irritated because I'd put myself in this one.”
― Chris Manion, God's Patient Pursuit of My Soul

tags: frustration, irritation, self-awareness, self-realization-quotes

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#23

“Chris Manion has created a handbook, in the form of a memoir, on how to let the beauty of life be a feast for the soul. Through trial and triumph, she carefully examines the potential in each moment, and each time breaks through to something significant, instructive, and graceful. It is a joy to behold. ...real insight into living life in the light. - Marion Roach Smith”
― Chris Manion, God's Patient Pursuit of My Soul

tags: christian-memoir, graceful-spirit, living-in-the-light, marion-roach-smith, significant-being, soul-quotes, soul-searching, trials-of-life

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#24

“To say that God was the highest priority in my life while He got the least amount of my time created a personal integrity problem for me Establishing my early morning half hour of prayer helped me rebalance my time with my highest priorities.”
― Chris Manion, God's Patient Pursuit of My Soul

tags: god, personal-integrity, priorities-quotes

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#25

“My desire since adolescence to have a personal relationship with Jesus was coming true, and my heart beat hard with excitement.”
― Chris Manion, God's Patient Pursuit of My Soul

tags: faith, god, hope, inspirational, relationships

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#26

“Love cannot be a means to any end. Love does not promise success, power, achievement, health, recovery, satisfaction, peace of mind, fulfillment, or any other prizes. Love is an end in itself, a beginning in itself. Love exists only for love. The invitation of love is not a proposal for self-improvement or any other kind of achievement. Love is beyond success and failure, doing well or doing poorly. There is not even a right and wrong way. Love is a gift. One can never be proud of being in love. One can only be grateful.”
― Gerald G. May, The Awakened Heart: Opening Yourself to the Love You Need

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#27

“We can't be afraid of change. You may feel very secure in the pond that you are in, but if you never venture out of it, you will never know that there is such a thing as an ocean, a sea. Holding onto something that is good for you now, may be the very reason why you don't have something better.”
― C. JoyBell C.

tags: change, changes, courage, encouragement, exploration, growing, inspirational-quotes, letting-go, life-and-living, self-discovery

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#28

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

tags: 1970, inspirational, stories, writing

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#29

“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
― Toni Morrison

tags: books, writing

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#30

“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”
― Stephen King

tags: reading, writing

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