wisdom from edith schaeffer

"We are an environment, 

each one of us. 

We are an environment for the other people with whom we 

live, the people with whom we work, the people with whom 

we communicate ... 

our conversations, 

attitudes, 

behavior, 

response or lack of response, 

hardness or compassion, 

our love or selfishness, 

joy or dullness, 

concern for others or self-pity - 

all these things make a difference to the people who 

have to live in our environment. 

Enthusiasm and excitement infect other people; 

expectancy that God can intervene and do something 

in this moment of  history and doing something 

practical to show that expectancy in prayer, affects 

the attitudes of other people." 

“It is true that all men are created in the image of God, but 

Christians are supposed to be conscious of that fact, and 

being conscious of it should recognize the importance of 

living artistically, aesthetically, and creatively, as 

creative creatures of the Creator. 

If we have been created in the image of an Artist, 

then we should look for expressions of artistry, and 

be sensitive to beauty, responsive to what has been 

created for us." 

“We foolish mortals sometimes live through years not 

realizing how short life is, and that TODAY is your life.” 

[all quotes from Edith Schaeffer]

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