“ If you cannot understand me in my speech, how can you understand me in my silence? ”
I think the reason we sometimes have the false sense that God is so far away is because that is where we have put him. We have kept him at a distance, and then when we are in need and call on him in prayer, we wonder where he is. He is exactly where we left him.
~ Ravi Zacharias
Our intellect is not intended to be an end in itself, but only a means to the very mind of God.
...they're here for a moment and then gone. At best they have liftoff power, or, to use a different analogy, they are like periodic flashes of lightning on a dark road, with no guiding power.
His life spells living. Your life or my life, apart from Him, spells death.
