Over and above any spring we may know, outside our windows or in our hearts, there is the illimitable sweep of God's concern for his creation and his creatures; comprehending both suffering and beatitude, and transcending both. No one who has been spared — certainly not I — dare say to the afflicted that they are blessed in their affliction, or dare offer comfort in universal terms for particular griefs. Yet one can dimly see and humbly say that suffering is an integral and essential part of our human drama. That it falls upon one and all in differing degrees and belongs to God's purpose for us here on earth, so that in the end, all the experience of living has to teach us is to say: Thy will be done. To say it standing before a cross; itself signifying the suffering of God in the person of a Man, and the redemption of a Man in the person of God. The greatest sorrow and the greatest joy co-existing on Golgotha. —Malcolm Muggeridge in Something Beautiful for God More about this quote Tags: life God man concern grief earth transcendence drama Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Dying? Not the end of everything. We think it is. But what happens on earth is only the beginning. —Mitch Albom in The Five People You Meet in Heaven More about this quote Tags: death earth heaven afterlife Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It takes a planet to explore the universe. —Dylan Taylor More about this quote Tags: universe earth exploration Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email