“Waiting on God requires the willingness to bear uncertainty, to carry within oneself the unanswered question, lifting the heart to God about it whenever it intrudes upon one's thoughts.”
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Quoted in: Ingo F. Walther Art of the 20th Century (2000), p. 264.
“The real installation of God has to be done within one’s heart.”
About God (25 Apr '15)
“Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers.”
Unanswered Prayers, written by Pat Alger, Larry Bastian, and G. Brooks.
Song lyrics, No Fences (1990)
Context: Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers.
Remember when you're talkin' to the man upstairs,
That just because he doesn't answer doesn't mean he don't care.
Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers.
“It is not lost time to wait upon God!”
(Leslie T. Lyall. A Passion for the Impossible: The Continuing Story of the Mission Hudson Taylor Began. London: OMF Books, 1965, 68).
“Enter oneself (we say). When one enters oneself, one sees God.”
Peace Bomb satsang, 11 October 1970, India Gate, New Delhi, India (translated from Hindi)
1970s
“One could argue that there exist certain questions that are best left unanswered.”
“Sometimes doing the gods’ bidding required a hardened heart.”
Source: Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, To Green Angel Tower (1993), Part 1, Chapter 4, “The Silent Child” (p. 145).
