SO GOOD QUOTES

Thou never forgettest us, and wilt never forget us, for Thou Thyself hast said: “Can a woman forget her suckling child? . . . . yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee;” that is, “I will not cease to feed, preserve, protect, deliver, and save thee.” Also Thou Thyself hast said: “I will never leave thee nor forsake thee.” Why, then, are we anxious about our food?  Why are we so greedy?  Why do we surfeit and delight ourselves with dainties? Why do we grudge to share with our neighbor? O impiety! O blindness! O filthy self-love! O want of love for God and our neighbor! For God dwells in the person of our neighbor, and therefore we grudge His own gifts to God Himself. Remember how generously the spirit-bearing Prophet Elisha rewarded the Shunamite woman who received him in her house and entertained him in the simplicity of her heart! He implored God to give her a son, and afterwards, when this son died, he raised him from the dead.

—St. John of Kronstadt, My Life in Christ