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Out of difficulties grow miracles.
Out of difficulties grow miracles.
How awestriking. How sublime..that out of muck and mud and dirt and slime God makes lemons and God makes limes.
How awestriking. How sublime..that out of muck and mud and dirt and slime God makes lemons and God makes limes.
Thou water turn'st to wine, fair friend of life;
Thy foe, to cross the sweet arts of Thy reign,
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Thou water turn'st to wine, fair friend of life;
Thy foe, to cross the sweet arts of Thy reign,
Distils from thence the tears of wrath and strife,
And so turns wine to water back again.
- Richard Crashaw,
Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in read more
Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see.
What is a miracle?--'Tis a reproach,
'Tis an implicit satire on mankind;
And while it satisfies, it read more
What is a miracle?--'Tis a reproach,
'Tis an implicit satire on mankind;
And while it satisfies, it censures too.
Miracles happen to those who believe in them.
Miracles happen to those who believe in them.
"God works in many ways His wonders to perform." But He's not a skillful mechanic. A man drived over a read more
"God works in many ways His wonders to perform." But He's not a skillful mechanic. A man drived over a cliff and "by a miracle" he only breaks his back. It would be more divine if he were a better driver and stayed on the road.
Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.
Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.
The world presents enough problems if you believe it to be a world of law and order; do not add read more
The world presents enough problems if you believe it to be a world of law and order; do not add to them by believing it to be a world of miracles.