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“Superficially my war was a comfortable exercise in futility carried out in a grand Scottish hotel amongst the bridge players and swillers of easy-come-by whisky. My chest got me out of active servi...”
“The longer the trial to which God subjects you, the greater the goodness in comforting you during the time of the trial and in the exaltation after the combat.”
“I think of these desert years of mine, not of my choosing. Maybe if it were all smooth and comfortable, if my pride and professionalism were defining life for me, God's steel-quiet, penetrating wor...”
“It is better to have God over your shoulder, than carry the world alone on your back.”
“Here is a minute. It may be my love is dead, but here is a minute to kneel over the grave and pray by it.”
“She wished she could visit Mariam's grave, to sit with her awhile, leave a flower or two. But she sees now that it doesn't matter. Mariam is never very far.... Mariam is in her own heart, where she...”
“Your dreams are so far outside of your comfort zone, you've convinced yourself you don't dream at all.”
“Ah, sleep, clothe me in thy velvet cloak.”
“And then, a strangely comforting thought trickled through meI had nothing, so I could do anything now. Anything I wanted. I had nothing left to lose.”
“There is such a shelter in each other.”
“Sometimes you just need the comforts of home, the familiarity of your own family bed and only the pampering a mother can do.”
“After the boy at the supermarket had called her those names, Evelyn Couch had felt violated. Raped by words. Stripped of everything. She had always tried to keep this from happening to her, always ...”
“There are all sorts of different families, Katie. Some families have one mommy, some families have one daddy, or two families. And some children live with their uncle or aunt. Some live with their ...”
“I remember her words to me when I left school: Your mind will be your comfort. It is, sometimes. And sometimes it isn't.”
“We need to retrain our brains, our hearts, and our wills to seek a comfort that truly satisfies.”
“By extending love and comfort to the broken places around us, we keep watch with Jesus in his sorrow.”
“What if our common sense has been negatively influenced by our addiction to comfort?”
“When I harvest my life right up to the edges, I have collected every last kernel of blessing.”
“I have pursued the comfort of things, when all along Comfort is a Person.”
“Do I believe that God is right here, ready to be my comfort in every situation?”
