hope’s foundation

Leave a comment April 1, 2015 nourishinggrace

“We have the cross of our Lord as our boundary line, and by it we are fenced around and shut off from our former sins.”

Saint Clement of Alexandria

“…we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness, but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.”

1 Corinthians 1:23-25

The Orthodox Study Bible: Ancient Christianity Speaks to Today’s World

bloom where you are planted

Leave a comment March 30, 2015 nourishinggrace

Like everything that is beautiful, the flower gives pleasure by being seen, and we should Glorify the Creator by looking at and enjoying it’s beauty.

Saint Clement of Alexandria

Those planted in the house of the Lord Shall blossom forth in the courts of our God; They shall still be increased in a rich old age, And shall be prospering So as to proclaim, “The Lord my God is upright, And there is no wrongdoing in Him.”