“But the misfortune is that people wish to direct God instead of resigning themselves to be directed by Him. We wish to take the lead, and to follow in a way of their own selection instead of submissively and passively following where God sees fit to conduct them. And hence it is, that many souls who are called to the enjoyment of God himself and mot merely to the gifts of God, spend all their lives in pursuing and in feeding on little consolations.” – Madame Guyon

Calling

On Being Men and Women of God A. W. Tozer

Published April 24, 2011 |

By womenofchristianity

“Your calling,” said Meister Eckhart to the clergy of his day, “cannot make you holy; but you can make it… Continue reading →

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