The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.
Souls are not designed to float around in thin air.
Whatever may happen to you was prepared for you from all eternity; and the implication of causes was from eternity spinning the thread of your being.
By predestination we mean the eternal decree of God, by which He determined with Himself whatever He wished to happen with regard to every man
The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.
You thought you were being made into a decent little cottage but He is building a palace. He intends to come & live in it Himself
Everything that happens happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so.
Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man.
Two urns on Jove's high throne have ever stood, the source of evil one, and one of good; from thence the cup of mortal man he fills, blessings to these, to those distributes ills; to most he mingles both.
I believe God did intend, in giving us intelligence, to give us the opportunity to investigate and appreciate the wonders of His creation. He is not threatened by our scientific adventures.
If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans.
God designed humans to live in community.
Be sure that God Ne'er dooms to waste the strength he deigns impart.
Everything that happens, happens as it should.
Intelligent design is a modest position theologically and philosophically. It attributes the complexity and diversity of life to intelligence, but does not identify that intelligence with the God of any religious faith or philosophical system.
I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
A universe with a God would look quite different from a universe without one. A physics, a biology where there is a God is bound to look different. So the most basic claims of religion are scientific. Religion is a scientific theory.
Atheism is so senseless. When I look at the solar system, I see the earth at the right distance from the sun to receive the proper amounts of heat and light. This did not happen by chance.
Man was not made for the world, but the world for man.
There's a Grand Designer behind everything. Your life is not a result of random chance, fate, or luck. There is a master plan. History is His story. God is pulling the strings.
You know, God has a plan for me, and I'm going to follow in his footsteps and just rejoice and be happy.
If God had intended us to fly, he’d never have given us the railways.
I realize that things happen for a reason.
If one could conclude as to the nature of the Creator from a study of his creation it would appear that God has a special fondness for stars and beetles.
The people who hanged Christ never, to do them justice, accused him of being a bore - on the contrary, they thought him too dynamic to be safe. It has been left for later generations to muffle up that shattering personality and surround him with an atmosphere of tedium.
