Glimpses of Grace Quotes

“Questions are disturbing, especially those which may threaten our traditions, our institutions, our security. But questions never threaten the living God, who is constantly calling us, and who affirms for us that love is stronger than hate, blessings stronger than cursing.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, Glimpses of Grace: Daily Thoughts and Reflections

“Jesus, who comes across in the Gospels as extraordinarily strong, begged in the garden, with drops of sweat like blood running down his face, that he might be spared the terrible cup ahead of him, the betrayal and abandonment by his friends, death on the cross. Because Jesus cried out in anguish, we may too. But our fear is less frequent and infinitely less if we are close to the Creator. Jesus, having cried out, then let his fear go, and moved on.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, Glimpses of Grace: Daily Thoughts and Reflections

“Probably the worst thing that has happened to our understanding of reality has been the acceptance of ourselves as consumers.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, Glimpses of Grace: Daily Thoughts and Reflections

“Carrying my babies was a marvelous mystery, lives growing unseen except by the slow swelling of my belly. Death is an even greater mystery. ... The God I cry out to in anguish or joy can neither be proved nor disapproved. The hope I have that death is not the end of all our questions can neither be proved nor disproved.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, Glimpses of Grace: Daily Thoughts and Reflections

“Love does not triumph easily or without pain, but story gives us the courage to endure the pain.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, Glimpses of Grace: Daily Thoughts and Reflections

“And it came to me as I stood on the desert sand, looking at the Great Pyramid, that what any civilization says about God tells us more about that civilization than it does about God.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, Glimpses of Grace: Daily Thoughts and Reflections