None Like Him Quotes

“Could we with ink the ocean fill, And were the skies of parchment made; Were every stalk on earth a quill, And every man a scribe by trade; To write the love of God above Would drain the ocean dry; Nor could the scroll contain the whole, Though stretched from sky to sky.1”
― Jen Wilkin, None Like Him: 10 Ways God Is Different from Us

“Worshipful reverence and awe, not cowering dread, define a right fear of the Lord.”
― Jen Wilkin, None Like Him: 10 Ways God Is Different from Us

“The raging of the nations can be navigated only by keeping a fixed point in view: the Lord God, seated on his throne. That fixed point has been my meditation this week for the sake of writing this book, and the effect it has had on my composure in the face of change and upheaval has taken me by surprise.”
― Jen Wilkin, None Like Him: 10 Ways God Is Different from Us

“Idolatry takes hold of you and me when we depend on a human relationship, a circumstance, or a possession to never leave nor forsake us, to always remain. Idolatry takes hold of us when we believe that a difficult relationship or circumstance will never change, will always be hopeless, wounding, or sorrowful. But here is truth to topple idols: Every circumstance you encounter will change except the circumstance of your forgiveness. Every possession you own will pass away except the pearl of your salvation. Every relationship you enter into will waver except your adoption by your heavenly Father.”
― Jen Wilkin, None Like Him: 10 Ways God Is Different from Us

“The antidote for covetousness is always gratitude: We can combat a sinful love of the past by counting the gifts we have been given in the present.”
― Jen Wilkin, None Like Him: 10 Ways God Is Different from Us

“Our primary problem as Christian women is not that we lack self-worth, not that we lack a sense of significance. It’s that we lack awe.”
― Jen Wilkin, None Like Him: 10 Ways God Is Different from Us

“God, who is himself uncreated, creates everything. Gathering no materials, pinning no swatches to mood boards, consulting no color wheels, God speaks, and the universe leaps into being.”
― Jen Wilkin, None Like Him: 10 Ways God Is Different from Us

“We are line-crossers, boundary-breakers, fence-jumpers, carrying inside us a warped belief that our heavenly parent wants to withhold from us something that is needful or pleasurable. Even as we enjoy his good gifts, we feel a hyperawareness of the boundaries he has set, and we question their validity. Though he gives us nineteen gifts and warns us away from one danger, we suspect that what is withheld is not dangerous but desirable.”
― Jen Wilkin, None Like Him: 10 Ways God Is Different from Us

“Our whole lives as Christ-followers are to be given over to the identification and celebration of the limits God has ordained for us.”
― Jen Wilkin, None Like Him: 10 Ways God Is Different from Us