He said not 'Thou shalt not be tempested, thou shalt not be travailed, thou shalt not be dis-eased'; but he said, 'Thou shalt not be overcome. Julian of Norwich More Quotes by Julian of Norwich More Quotes From Julian of Norwich Pray inwardly, even if you do not enjoy it. It does good, though you feel nothing. Yes, even though you think you are doing nothing. Julian of Norwich prayerdoethinking The fruit and the purpose of prayer is to be oned with and like God in all things. Julian of Norwich fruitpurposeprayer God, of thy goodness, give me Thyself; for Thou art enough for me, and I can ask for nothing less that can be full honor to Thee. And if I ask anything that is less, ever Shall I be in want, for only in Thee have I all. Julian of Norwich honorgivingart Between God and the soul there is no between. Julian of Norwich soul The Elements of Prayer|Its ground: God, by whose goodness it springeth in us. |Its use: to turn our will to His will. |Its end: to be made one with Him and like to Him in all things. Julian of Norwich elementsuseprayer I was wholly at peace, at ease and at rest, so that there was nothing upon earth which could have afflicted me. This lasted for a time, and then I was changed ... I felt there was no ease or comfort for me except faith, hope and love, and truly I felt very little of this. And then presently God gave me again comfort and rest for my soul ... And then again I felt the pain, and then afterwards the delight and joy, now the one and now the other, again and again, I suppose about twenty times. Julian of Norwich painjoygrieving That love of God is hard and marvelous. It cannot and will not be broken because of our sins. Julian of Norwich sinbrokengod-love Wouldst thou learn thy Lord's meaning in this thing? Learn it well: Love was His meaning. Who shewed it thee? Love. What shewed He thee? Love. Wherefore shewed it He? For Love. Hold thee therein and thou shalt learn and know more in the same. But thou shalt never know nor learn therein other thing without end. Thus was I learned that Love was our Lord's meaning. Julian of Norwich endslordlife For here we are so blind and foolish that we never seek God until he, of his goodness, shows himself to us. It is when we do see something of him by his grace that we are stirred by that same grace to seek him, and with earnest longing to see still more of his blessedness. So I saw him and sought him; I had him and wanted him. It seems to me that this is and should be an experience common to us all. Julian of Norwich sawsgracecommon All will be well, and every kind of thing will be well. Julian of Norwich wellskind But for I am a woman should I therefore live that I should not tell you the goodness of God? Julian of Norwich should-igoodnessshould My, how busy we become when we lose sight of how God loves us. Julian of Norwich soulsightheart God is our clothing, that wraps, clasps and encloses us so as to never leave us. Julian of Norwich clothingswrapsgod See that I am God. See that I am in everything. See that I do everything. See that I have never stopped ordering my works, nor ever shall, eternally. See that I lead everything on to the conclusion I ordained for it before time began, by the same power, wisdom and love with which I made it. How can anything be amiss? Julian of Norwich conclusionand-lovemade He did not say: You will not be assailed, you will not be belabored, you will not be disquieted, but he did said: You will not be overcome. Julian of Norwich overcominghopesaid Cheerful givers do not count the cost of what they give. Their hearts are set on pleasing and cheering the person to whom the gift is given. Julian of Norwich cheerheartpositive God willeth to be seen and to be sought: to be abided and to be trusted. Julian of Norwich trustedgods-will This is our Lord's will... that our prayer and our trust be, alike, large. Julian of Norwich answers-to-prayerlordprayer Our Savior is our true Mother in whom we are endlessly born and out of whom we shall never come. Julian of Norwich saviorbornmother Everything has being through the love of God. Julian of Norwich god-love
