Creative powers want to shape and create, not destroy! Since God is creative power itself, destructive human work can never be in his sense!
— Helga Schäferling (b. 1957), Sozialpädagogin und Aphoristikerin
Topics: God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit, Ethical Questions
Helga Schäferling
Helga Schäferling (* 1957) ist eine deutsche Sozialpädagogin und Aphoristikerin. Sie ist bekannt für Sinnsprüche und Kurztexte, die christlich geprägte Grundhaltungen, psychologische Lebenshilfe und seelische Ermutigung verbinden. Ihre prägnanten Formulierungen werden heute vielfach in Kalendern, Geschenkheften und Gemeindebriefen als alltagsnahe Impulse zitiert.
All quotes by Helga Schäferling (8)
You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.
Augustine of Hippo
Jesus calls us not to a new religion, but to life.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I would not be able to seek you if you had not already found me.
Augustine of Hippo
When you see a child, you catch God in the act.
Martin Luther
God does not love us because we are lovable, but because his nature is love.
Oswald Chambers
God seeks you more than your offering.
Augustine of Hippo
God has his ear at your heart.
Augustine of Hippo
God is closer to us than we are to ourselves.
Augustine of Hippo