Love opens the eyes of our understanding and enables us to see more of the truth than can those who are blinded by self-love. Those who love most, see most.
Hannah HurnardBehold me, here I am; thy little handmaiden Acceptance-with-Joy and all that is in my heart is thine.
Hannah HurnardPrayer need not be a burdensome duty. It is meant to be a joyful and creative privilege.
Hannah HurnardO Shepherd. You said you would make my feet like hinds' feet and set me upon High Places". "Well", he answered "the only way to develop hinds' feet is to go by the paths which the hinds use.
Hannah HurnardAs Christians we know, in theory at least, that in the life of a child of God there are no second causes, that even the most unjust and cruel things, as well as all seemingly pointless and undeserved sufferings, have been permitted by God as a glorious opportunity for us to react to them in such a way that our Lord and Savior is able to produce in us, little by little, his own lovely character.
Hannah Hurnard