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Yielding to God – Quote of the Week – Thomas Merton

May 31, 2014 By Jean Wise

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I must learn to let go of the familiar and the usual and

consent to what is new and unknown to me.

I must learn to ‘leave myself’

in order to find myself by yielding to the love of God.

If I were looking for God, every event and every moment would sow, in my will,

grains of God’s life

that would spring up one day in a tremendous harvest.

Thomas Merton

 

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  1. Lynn Mosher says

    May 31, 2014 at 10:42 pm

    Oh, yes, amen! Wonderful, Jean!

  2. blanksoulstops says

    May 31, 2014 at 5:17 pm

    Jean,
    Thanks for affirming what God was saying to me today…I read Jesus Calling and was struck by the word “Yield” in Job 22:21 and then I read the title of your post, “Yielding to God”…praying for grace to yield to His plan today 🙂

    • blankJean Wise says

      May 31, 2014 at 6:47 pm

      wow what a God=coincidence, Dolly and a lesson we all need to learn. Love Merton’s wisdom too.

  3. blankClella says

    May 31, 2014 at 8:17 am

    amen

    • blankJean Wise says

      May 31, 2014 at 6:47 pm

      Thanks Clella

  4. blankmarthaorlando says

    May 31, 2014 at 7:42 am

    An inspiring quote, indeed! Thanks for this enlightenment, Jean!

    • blankJean Wise says

      May 31, 2014 at 6:47 pm

      I love Merton’s wisdom.

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