I love to read and collect quotes. Here are some quotes from Holy Sweat by Tim Hansel.
- “For life is a mystery to be lived out rather than a problem to be solved.” He states that an anonymous writer wrote this (pg 23).
- “In fact, the only real difference between the sacred and the secular is that the secular doesn’t know it’s sacred yet. (pg. 29)
- “The shocking message of the Bible continues to be that God has chosen the least suspecting of all vessels to do his greatest work. What you are at this particular moment in your life is irrelevant-your nationality, your education, your personality, or how you are physically, spiritually, and otherwise. Why you are is likewise irrelevant. What counts most is what and who you are willing to become. (pg.31)”
- “In a very real sense not one of us is qualified, but it seems that God continually chooses the most unqualified to do His work, to bear His glory. If we are qualified, we tend to think that we have done the job ourselves. If we are forced to accept our evident lack of qualifications, then there’s no danger that we will confuse God’s work with our own or God’s glory with our own.” (pg. 53)
- “Holiness is not a state to be attained but a never-ending process–the core of which is the quality of our continually growing relationship with and through Christ. Holiness is not a place, a thing, or a building. Holiness is in the journey, the process, a gift.” (pg. 60)
- “One of the things we need to remember constantly is that we can love other people only in direct proportion to the way we love ourselves.” (pg. 100)
- “Communion, we must remember, is made up of broken bread and crushed grapes. So, it is in our brokenness and our imperfections, that we are called to come together and help each other be whole-the best we can be.” (pg. 106)
- “The Christian life is not difficult. It’s downtown impossible. It’s designed that way. If we could do it through achievements, we wouldn’t need the grace of God.” (pg. 140)
I skipped over quotes by other people. I think this book contains some very good quotes from other people too.