Quotes about Belonging

I had given up practising my Jewish religion when I was a 14-year-old girl and did not begin to feel Jewish again until I had returned to God.

Spirituality is recognizing the divine light that is within us all. It doesn't belong to any particular religion; it belongs to everyone.

I love you - I am at rest with you - I have come home.

I never worry because I know who I am and I know Whose I am.

Giving connects two people, the giver and the receiver, and this connection gives birth to a new sense of belonging.

We cannot live without the knowledge that someone cares about us.

I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.

I had crossed the line. I was free; but there was no one to welcome me to the land of freedom. I was a stranger in a strange land.

A Republican in my state of Arkansas feels about as out of place as Michael Vick at the West Minister dog show.

Think about the comfortable feeling you have as you open your front door. That's but a hint of what we'll feel some day on arriving at the place our Father has lovingly and personally prepared for us in heaven. We will finally - and permanently - be 'at home' in a way that defies description.

God designed humans to live in community.

I can imagine in years to come that my papers and memorabilia, my journals and letters, will find themselves always in the company of people who care about many of the things I do.