minister's quote of the week

I have never had a quote of the week, but this one will be a good one to start with. I found it while surfing blogs. I am thinking about starting a new one, anonymounsly. I will, or will not, let you know how that turns out.

Flannery O'Connor Quote
"It is easy for any child to pick out the faults in the sermon on his way home from Church every Sunday.... It is impossible for him to find out the hidden love that makes a person, in spite of intellectual limitations, neuroticism, and lack of strength, give one's life to the service of God's people, however bumblingly one may go about it.... You don't serve God by saying: 'the Church is ineffective, I'll have none of it.' Your pain at its lack of effectiveness is a sign of your nearness to God.... To expect too much is to have a sentimental view of life, and this is a softness which ends in bitterness. Charity is hard and endures."
- Flannery O'Connor, in a letter to a friend

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