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For The Moments When You Can't Understand God

Anyone who knows God cannot describe him.
Rania Naim
January 24, 2017
“I searched for God and found only myself. I searched for myself and found only God.”
— Rumi, Jalaluddin Rumi Quotes & Poems on Life, Love & Death
Tagged: Rumi, Spirtuality
“You cannot understand the glories of the universe without believing there is some Supreme Power behind it.”
— Stephen Hawking, Christ Is Our God: It Is Mathematics: Deducible Originalism
Tagged: Religion, God, Universe
“You can study God through everything and everyone in the universe, because God is not confined in a mosque, synagogue or church. But if you are still in need of knowing where exactly His abode is, there is only one place to look for Him: in the heart of a true lover.”
— Elif Shafak, The Forty Rules of Love: A Novel of Rumi
Tagged: God, Love, Faith, Religion
“And sometimes He doesn’t answer our prayers in the way we want Him to because He’s sheltering us from pain. Sometimes it looks like He doesn’t love us, when really He’s granting us the biggest gift.”
— Marisa Donnelly, Maybe God Isn’t Answering Your Prayer Because Something Even Better Is Coming
Tagged: God, Faith
“I give Him my worries and doubts, my frustrations and insecurities. I give Him the parts of myself that are broken and fearful...Whatever we will become, however the changes and circumstances of our lives will play out, I trust in God to bring me to where I’m meant to be. Bring us to where we’re meant to be, together or separate.”
— Marisa Donnelly, Whatever We Will Become, I Leave It To God
Tagged: God, Faith, Woman Of Faith, Trusting In God
“When a sense of dissatisfaction persists, that means it was placed there by God for one reason only: you need to change everything and move forward.”
— Paulo Coelho, Aleph
Tagged: Life, Faith, Dissatisfaction, Unease
“Anyone who knows God cannot describe him. Anyone who describes God does not know him.”
— Paulo Coelho, Aleph
Tagged: God, Faith in God, Describing God
“The moment God is figured out with nice neat lines and definitions, we are no longer dealing with God.”
— Rob Bell, Velvet Elvis: Repainting The Christian Faith
Tagged: God, Religion, Spirituality, Faith
“If we cling to belief in God, we cannot likewise have faith, since faith is not clinging but letting go.”
— Alan Watts, The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety
Tagged: Belief, God, Religion, Faith, Spirituality
“As bad as it was, as bad as it hurt, I thank God I didn’t get what I thought that I deserved. Sometimes life leads you down a different road. When you’re holding on to someone that you gotta let go. Someday you’ll see the reason why. Sometimes, yeah, sometimes, there’s good in goodbye.”
— Carrie Underwood, Good In Goodbye
Tagged: Unanswered Prayers, God, Blessed
“Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way.”
— Paulo Coelho, Brida
Tagged: Disappointment, Defeat, Despair, God
“You are not in this alone. The weight of the world is not supposed to be carried on your shoulders. The loss and heartache are not meant to sit heavy in your chest forever. Let Him stand beside you. Let Him draw His sword and shield and battle with you and for you.

Let your pain be healed in Him and know that these aren’t your battles to face alone. Not anymore, and not ever.”
— Marisa Donnelly, When You Feel Like You’re Fighting Your Battles All Alone
Tagged: God Is With You, God Is Fighting For You, God, Faith, Christianity, You Are Not Alone, God Quotes
“When I don’t understand your plans, please try to explain to me why things had to be hard or why I had to suffer, please reassure me that you have spectacular plans for me and they involve my dreams coming true.”
— Rania Naim, If I Lose My Faith, Please Bring Me Back To You
Tagged: God, Faith in God, Hardships, Faith
“Help us find what we’re missing in you because you always have the answers and you always know the truth and sometimes that’s all we need and you’re the only one who can truly rescue us from ourselves.”
— Rania Naim, If I Lose My Faith, Please Bring Me Back To You
Tagged: God, Faith in God, Hardships, Faith
“So instead of letting us go, please bring us back to you, help us find your voice in our minds again, help us feel you in our hearts again and let our souls connect with you again.”
— Rania Naim, If I Lose My Faith, Please Bring Me Back To You
Tagged: God, Faith in God, Hardships, Faith