Archiving quotes

I haven't picked up True Spirituality for a long time, so I'll move my quotes from it out of the sidebar. They're still worth keeping, of course!

"I am to love God enough to be contented. . . . When I lack proper contentment, I have forgotten that God is God. . . . A quiet disposition and a heart giving thanks is the real test of the extent to which we love and trust God."
--Francis Schaeffer in True Spirituality, Chapter 1

"Christ called his followers to take up the cross daily. True, we accept Christ as Savior once for all; we are justified, and our guilt is gone forever. But after that there is this daily, moment-by-moment aspect. The existentialist is right when he puts his emphasis on the reality of the moment-by-moment situation. He is wrong in many things, but he is right there."
--Francis Schaeffer in True Spirituality, Chapter 2

Day of Transfiguration

I read this recently in Francis Schaeffer's True Spirituality, and thought that it was appropriate for today, when we celebrate Christ's Transfiguration:

"We have here at the Mount of Transfiguration a preview of Christ in His glory.  We gave here a preview of that portion of the kingdom of God in which we stand after we have accepted Christ as our Savior.  But we are swept beyond this to the resurrection--not only Christ's resurrection, but our future resurrection; we are swept on to the reign of Christ, and to eternity.  This is a different perspective. . . ."
--From Chapter 2

(If you have True Spirituality, pick it up and read the chapter.  And the next.  I didn't want to stop there with my quote!)

New quotes

As I start into Francis Schaeffer's True Spirituality and find much to quote, I'm moving these older quotes over here and replacing them in the sidebar.

"There is a joy. . . granted. . . only to those who worship Thee thankfully--and this joy Thou Thyself art. The happy life is this--to rejoice to Thee, in Thee, and for Thee."
--Confessions of St. Augustine


"'I am not primarily a worker for God; I am first and foremost a lover of God. This is who I am.' All of us need to be lovers who work rather than workers who love.'"

"Worship is not just a specific act. It is also a lifestyle.
Worship is a specific act of bowing my knees and declaring, 'Holy, holy, holy.'
Worship is also a lifestyle of bowing my life and living, 'holy, holy, holy.'"

"Worship is the lifestyle of a grateful heart."
--Quotes from the first chapter of Linda Dillow's Satisfy my Thirsty Soul

Consolation in a Ukrainian lesson

Since I'm changing out the quote on the side, I'm archiving the old one here.  I still love it!  Don't bother to ask for a translation, though.  If you know Russian, you can understand it, and if you don't. . . well, poetry doesn't translate well.

Не журись, коли недоля
В край чужий тебе закине!
Рідний край у тебе в серці,
Поки спогад ще не гине.

Не журись, не марно пройдуть
Сії сльози й тяжка мука:
Рідний край щиріш любити
Научає нас розлука.
--Леся Українка