[Sarah Edwards] did not permit this soul communion to interfere with her daily duties and tasks, but somewhere in her busy schedule there was always time for a quiet walk with God. The children early learned to respect their father’s study hours, but they also recognized these times which were necessary for their mother, these moments when she needed to be alone to lose herself in God. They sensed their mother was Martha; but also she was Mary who sat at the feet of her Lord.
— Edna Gerstner (1914–1999), Autorin
Topics: Prayer & Silence, Work & Vocation, Discipleship
Occasions: For Reflection
Edna Gerstner
Edna Gerstner (1914–1999) war eine US-amerikanische christliche Autorin und Pädagogin reformierter Prägung. Bekanntheit erlangte sie durch Kinder- und Familienbücher sowie historische Biografien, in denen sie theologische Grundsätze verständlich in den familiären Alltag übertrug. Bibellesern bietet sie lebensnahe Zugänge zu biblischen Themen der Glaubenserziehung und Einblicke in die Kirchengeschichte.
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When we pray, the circumstances often remain the same, but we become different.
Oswald Chambers
Prayer does not change God, but the one who prays.
Søren Kierkegaard
Courage is fear that has said its prayers.
Corrie ten Boom
To pray is to draw breath from God.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Prayer does not equip us for greater works – prayer is the greater work.
Oswald Chambers
God has his ear at your heart.
Augustine of Hippo
Prayers are tools not for doing or getting, but for being and becoming.
Eugene Peterson