I read in a periodical the other day that the fundamental thing is how we think of God. By God Himself, it is not! How God thinks of us is not only more important, but infinitely more important.

The New Testament writers speak as if Christ's achievement in rising from the dead was the first event of its kind in the whole history of the universe. He is the 'first fruits,' the pioneer of life,' He has forced open a door that has been locked since the death of the first man. He has met, fought, and beaten the King of Death. Everything is different because He has done so.

To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.

You can't go against the grain of the universe and not expect to get splinters.

In God there is no hunger that needs to be filled, only plenteousness that desires to give.

I can promise you none of these things. No sphere of usefulness; you are not needed there at all. No scope of your talents; only forgiveness for having perverted them. No atmosphere of inquiry, for I will bring you to the land not of questions but of answers, and you shall see the face of God. (pg 40)

It was a full moon and, shining on all the snow, it made everything almost as bright as day -- only the shadows were rather confusing.