Quotes about Blessing

God particularly favors older women as channels of divine grace.

Every conception has a touch of the miraculous - this one far more than most.

Marrying a woman of priestly ancestry was a special blessing.

and they shared her joy. Luke 1:58

This is how God works: a blessing for one is a blessing for all, and the end result is a greater focus on him. When we experience his grace, we're compelled to tell others so they may praise the Lord with us. In doing so, their faith is bolstered, knowing that God is real, God is powerful, God is sovereign, and God is moving.

It may sound as if Elizabeth and her husband were obedient and so earned God's approval, but, in truth, it was the other way around. God's power and strength at work in their lives made it possible for them to do the right thing in the first place.

IRISH BLESSING   And may I conclude with a little Irish blessing — although, some suggest it's a curse: May those who love us, love us. And those who don't love us, may God turn their hearts. And if He doesn't turn their hearts, may he turn their ankles so we'll know them by their limping. Speech on Administrative Goals to Senior Presidential Appointees, September 8, 1987

And isn't it true here too that those whom God blesses he damns in the same breath?

What is it to be God's elect ? It is to be denied in youth the wishes of youth, so as with great pains to get them fulfilled in old age.

Abraham believed. He did not believe that some day he would be blessed in the beyond, but that he would be happy here in the world.

The strength of patience hangs on our capacity to believe that God is up to something good for us in all our delays and detours.

Don't let go of your strength or your beauty. It was given to you by God.