Quotes about Wonder

It's wrong not to be in awe of what God created, but it's even more deeply wrong when you can look at created glory without remembering God.

On the glorious splendor of your majesty, and on your wondrous works, I will meditate. PSALM 145:5

I was wired for awe of God. No other awe satisfies the soul.

gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. G. K. CHESTERTON

Theological instruction that does not arouse awe is broken.

Horizontal awe is meant to do one thing: stimulate vertical

You will never cease to be the most amazed person on earth at what God has done for you on the inside. OSWALD CHAMBERS

Paul says it well: "It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me" (Gal. 2:20). I don't think that we talk about this enough. I don't think that we celebrate this reality enough. I don't think we let our hearts consider the wonder of this identity enough. By grace, we are the temple of the Most High God. By grace, he lives in us. By grace, his power is at our disposal.

The world will never starve for want of wonders; but only for want of wonder. G. K. CHESTERTON

Think of how strange the colours and sights of the world would be for a blind man abruptly made to see or a man deaf from birth hearing the playing of a hundred flutes

Astonishment is the root of philosophy.

The best way to start praying, therefore, is actually to stop praying. To pause. To be still. To put down your prayer list and surrender your own personal agenda. To stop talking at God long enough to focus on the wonder of who he actually is. To 'be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him'.