Tag: G.K. Chesterton

Photographs & Quotes – Morning Walk, November, Glen Lake

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I often walk or bike to a small pond near my home to admire the way the surrounding landscape perfectly depicts the changing seasons. This week the beauty of Autumn was painted there in glorious colors by the Father of all Creation.

“When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.”

                                                 ~ G.K. Chesterton

“This way of seeing our Father in everything makes life one long thanksgiving and gives a rest of heart, and, more than that, a gayety of spirit, that is unspeakable.”

                                        ~ Hannah Whitall Smith

“In almost everything that touches our everyday life on earth, God is pleased when we’re pleased. He wills that we be as free as birds to soar and sing our maker’s praise without anxiety.”

                                                   ~ A.W. Tozer

This post is part of Sunday Trees.

Quotes – Snow

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The Northeast and much of the USA is blanketed in white and frigid weather. Here are a few quotes that celebrate the snow.

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“January brings the snow, makes our feet and fingers glow.” Sara Coleridge

“True solitude is a din of birdsong, seething leaves, whirling colors, or a clamor of tracks in the snow.” Edward Hoagland

“Step softly, under snow or rain, to find the place where men can pray.” G.K. Chesterton

“For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, And do not return there without watering the earth And making it bear and sprout, And furnishing seed to the sower and bread to the eater; So will My word be which goes forth from My mouth; It will not return to Me empty, Without accomplishing what I desire, And without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it.” Isaiah 55:10-11

“I sometimes think I might have been in darkness and despair until now had it not been for the goodness of God in sending a snowstorm, one Sunday morning, while I was going to a certain place of worship. When I could go no further, I turned down a side street, and came to a little Primitive Methodist Chapel.” C.H. Spurgeon/His testimony on how he came to the place where he found salvation through Jesus.