"O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I direct my prayer to you and watch." -- Psalm 5:3
Dorothy Sayers: (*The Mind of the Maker*):
"The common notion that the artist is a special sort of person, while every other sort of person is not an artist at all, is responsible for a great deal of confusion. The truth is that every man is an artist, in the sense that every man makes something -- a meal, a garden, a child, a business, a life. The quality of the making depends on the quality of the mind behind it. If the mind is disciplined and generous, the thing made will bear the stamp of that generosity. If the mind is lazy and self-indulgent, the thing will show that too."
George MacDonald: (*Unspoken Sermons*, Series I):
"God is not the God of the dead, but of the living. He is not the God of things that are finished, but of things that are always beginning. Every morning is a new creation, and every breath is a fresh gift. He does not deal with us according to what we were yesterday, but according to what He is making us today. The past is in His hand; the future is in His purpose; and the present is His gift of grace."
Irenaeus of Lyon: (*Against Heresies*, Book IV, Chapter 20):
"The glory of God is a living human being, and the life of man is the vision of God. For if the manifestation of God which is made through creation gives life to all who live on earth, much more does that revelation of the Father which comes through the Word give life to those who see God."
Richard Foster: (*Celebration of Discipline*):
"Superficiality is the curse of our age. The doctrine of instant satisfaction is a primary spiritual problem. The desperate need today is not for a greater number of intelligent or gifted people, but for deep people."
What would change about this day if you began it not with a plan, but with open hands?
Musonius Rufus: (*Lectures*, Fragment 36):
"If you accomplish something good with hard work, the labor passes quickly, but the good endures. If you do something shameful in pursuit of pleasure, the pleasure passes quickly, but the shame endures."
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