God Quote by Rachel Held Evans — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“What a comfort to know that God is a poet.”

“My friend Adele describes fundamentalism as holding so tightly to your beliefs that your fingernails leave imprints on the palm of your hand... I think she's right. I was a fundamentalist not because of the beliefs I held but because of how I held them: with a death grip. It would take God himself to finally pry them out of my hands. (p.17-18)”

“God's ways are higher than our ways not because he is less compassionate than we are but because he is more compassionate than we can ever imagine.”

“Like all who search for truth out of fear, I desperately wanted someone else to tell me exactly what to do.”

“(About changing faith) At our best, Christians embrace it, leaving enough space within orthodoxy for God to surprise us every now and then.”

“In the face of a closed door, learn to accept and move on. Call unto your God. He always has better doors.”

“Hobbes: Do you think there's a God?”

“To say that atheism is not a religion is the equivalent of saying anarchy is not really a political creed”

“Step into the mountains with courage and let God grant you the strength for the mountains ahead.”

“Give me one hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin, and desire nothing but God, and I care not a straw whether they be clergymen or laymen; such alone will shake the gates of hell and set up the kingdom of heaven on Earth.”

“Music is a mixed mathematical science that concerns the origens, attributes, and distinctions of sound, out of which a cultivated and lovely melody and harmony are made, so that God is honored and praised but mankind is moved to devotion, virtue, joy, and sorrow.”