God proved His love on the Cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God saying to the world, 'I love you.'
Billy GrahamRead
Ringing assurance that we are not alone... That we are assisted and defended by a powerful and glorious order of invisible Beings.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the belief that we are supported by unseen forces or divine entities.
Billy Graham's quote suggests a comforting assurance that in times of struggle or uncertainty, individuals are not isolated; instead, there exists a powerful, unseen presence that provides support and protection. This notion can offer hope and solace, encouraging people to trust in a greater order that watches over them, even when they cannot see it.
In practice
This quote can be used in a motivational speech to inspire those feeling lost or isolated.
God proved His love on the Cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God saying to the world, 'I love you.'
The wonderful news is that our Lord is a God of mercy, and He responds to repentance.
Don't ever hesitate to take to [God] whatever is on your heart. He already knows it anyway, but He doesn't want you to bear its pain or celebrate its joy alone.
God will not force himself upon us against our will. If we want his love, we need to believe in him. We need to make a definite, positive act of commitment and surrender to the love of God. No one can do it for us.
Success in God's eyes is faithfulness to His calling.
Heaven doesn't make this life less important; it makes it more important.
You say 'I' and you are proud of this word. But greater than this- although you will not believe in it - is your body and its great intelligence, which does not say 'I' but performs 'I'.
The Universe, as has been observed before, is an unsettlingly big place, a fact which for the sake of a quiet life most people tend to ignore.
When the last living thing Has died on account of us, How poetical it would be If Earth could say, In a voice floating up Perhaps From the floor Of the Grand Canyon, "It is done." People did not like it here.
The hallmark of our age is the tension between aspirations and sluggish institutions.
One of the many things I learned at the end of that Classics corridor down which I ventured at the age of 18, in search of something I could not then define, was this, written by the Greek author Plutarch: What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality. That is an astonishing statement and yet proven a thousand times every day of our lives. It expresses, in part, our inescapable connection with the outside world, the fact that we touch other peopleβs lives simply by existing.
From the viewpoint of a Jesuit priest I am, of course, and have always been an atheist.
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