Quotes
The
Incarnation
Christ
veiled his deity but He did not void it. – Anon
The
Son came out from the Father to help us to come out from the
world; He descended to us to enable us to ascend to him. -
Anthony of Padua
Christ
became what we are that He might make us what he is. -
Athanasius
God
became man to turn creatures into sons; not simply to produce
better men of the old kind but to produce a new kind of man. -
C S Lewis
The
God who took a motherless woman out of the side of a man took a
fatherless man out of the body of a woman. - Matthew Henry
He
who has no Christmas in his heart will never find Christmas under
a tree. – Sunshine Magazine.
Thoughts
for anyone tempted to spend, spend, spend….
The
world provides enough for every man’s need but not for every
man’s greed. -Mohandas Gandhi.
If
we have God in all things while they are ours, we shall have all
things in God when they are taken away. -
Anon
It
is easier to renounce worldly possessions than it is to renounce
the love of them. - Walter Hilton
Nothing
influences a man so much as that which he calls his own. - C H
Spurgeon
As
for giving generously over Christmas:
Let
us give according to our incomes lest God make our incomes to
match our gifts. – Anon
We
make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give. -
Duane Hulse.
Wisdom
for everyone with relatives coming to stay this Christmas…
The
real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at
the right time, but also to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the
tempting moment. - Anon
When
we are out of sympathy with the young, then I think our work in
this world is over. – George MacDonald
Age
doesn’t always bring wisdom. Sometimes age comes alone. -
Anon
Long-suffering
is a grace of silence. - William Bagshawe