... Some of those soppy pictures of Jesus, looking like a tubercular, fair-haired, blue-eyed goy, are far more secular than a Picasso mother and child. The Lord Jesus who rules my life is not a sentimental, self-pitying weakling. he was a Jew, a carpenter, and strong. He took into his own heart, for our sakes, that pain which brings "wisdom through the awful grace of God."
Madeleine L'Engle, Walking on Water
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Well Said: A Jew, a carpenter, and strong
I'm still gone and we're still getting tidbits from Madeleine L'Engle.
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Love that! I share that view.
Great quote!
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