Why Spiritual Things Seem Less Important

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"If we spend sixteen hours a day dealing with tangible things of our world, and only five minutes a day trying to find God, it is not wonder that the tangible things are two hundred times as real to us as God is."
--  Dean Inge (as quoted in Achieving Christian Perfection by Bishop Marshall R. Reed, p. 55)

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  1. Anonymous8:19 AM

    "God writes the gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars." -Martin Luther

    Spending five minutes a day trying to find God sounds like the person who's always looking for their glasses when they're right there in front of their eyes!

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