Al Jarreau Quotes

The good pleasure of God is an act of the divine will freely and effectively determining all things.

Whatever the universal nature assigns to any man at any time is for the good of that man at that time.

Iron till it be thoroughly heated is incapable to be wrought; so God sees good to cast some men into the furnace of affliction, and then beats them on his anvil into what frame he pleases.

God sometimes does try to the uttermost those whom he wishes to bless.

I believe, whatever God does, he does it for the good. I always try to look at life like that.

God employs several translators; some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by war, some by justice.

I find that doing of the will of God leaves me no time for disputing about His plans.

The Bible says that all things work together for the good of those who love the Lord and are called according to his purpose. I believe that. Because I've seen it all work.

I cannot persuade myself that a beneficent and omnipotent God would have designedly created parasitic wasps with the express intention of their feeding within the living bodies of Caterpillars.

Every test, every trial, every heartache that's been significant, I can turn it over and see how God has turned it into good no matter what.

This, I thought, is what is meant by 'thy will be done' in the Lord's Prayer, which I had prayed time and again without thinking about it. It means that your will and God's will may not be the same. It means there's a good possibility that you won't get what you pray for. It means that in spite of your prayers you are going to suffer.

God seeks to influence humanity. This is at the heart of the Christmas story. It is the story of light coming into the darkness, of a Savior to show us the way, of light overcoming the darkness, of God's work to save the world.

There was one theory put forth by a journalist recently. I have a lot of friends that have died prematurely and a lot of friends that have died of natural causes. I've lost a lot of people over the years. This journalist basically recommended to me that God keeps me around because I amuse him.

God's will for your life is God's will for today, and it doesn't get any more glamorous than that.

God wills in man only that which is good, in the kingdom of his grace; where the free will yields itself up into the grace, there God wills that which is good in the will, through the grace.

I do not believe that God tortures any person simply for its own sake. I believe that God enables all things to work for the greater good.

The universe must exist for the self-expression of God and the delight of God.

God invented mankind because he loved silly stories.

If I were to say, 'God, why me?' about the bad things, then I should have said, 'God, why me?' about the good things that happened in my life.

I do not believe that God has imposed suffering upon anyone to punish them or to teach them a lesson.

God's purpose is more important than our plans.

We need God, not in order to understand the why, but in order to feel and sustain the ultimate wherefore, to give a meaning to the universe.

Sometimes bad things happen to good people. We don't know the meaning of all things, but we know God loves His children! And because He loves us, He will never desert us.

Each visible planet is the embodiment of a great and exalted spiritual intelligence Who is the minister of God in that department of His Kingdom, endeavoring to carry out His Will, the latter having in view the ultimate highest good, regardless of temporary ill.

I sometimes think God allows Great Britain to be unprincipled for the good of mankind.