Easter
Quotes - The cross of Christ justifies God
“The
greatest sacrifice is to unreservedly give the whole of oneself to another, knowing
full well that such a gift must be wholly rejected, blithely tossed aside and
trampled underfoot as some worthless filth because (much like ourselves) the
depravity of the recipient is such that they can only be saved through the
death of the giver. And I don’t know of any human who would do that, but I know
a God Who did.”
―
Craig D. Lounsbrough
“I’ve
seen life accept endings, but I never seen life surrender to them.”
―
Craig D Lounsbrough
“As
I was about to complain that this 2020 is not the year I have ordered.
Then
I remembered
Romans
5:3-11
3 We
can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they
help us develop endurance. 4 And endurance develops strength of character, and
character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. 5 And this hope will not
lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has
given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love….”
― De
philosopher DJ Kyos
“The
cross of Christ justifies God; He remains holy because He has punished sin in
the death, the shed blood, of His Son.”
― D.
Martyn Lloyd-Jones
“We
have equated an end with the idea of ‘termination’ when in fact an end is the
beginning of ‘germination.”
―
Craig D. Lounsbrough
“An
ending is something like a caboose on a train that just pulled out so that
there’s room for the train that’s now arriving. The problem is, we forget that
a caboose is only one part of one train.”
―
Craig D. Lounsbrough
“We
make the delicate liqueur chocolates, the rose-petal clusters, the gold-wrapped
coins, the violet creams, the chocolate cherries and almond rolls, in batches
of fifty at a time, laying them out onto greased tins to cool. Hollow eggs and
animal figures are carefully split open and filled with these. Nests of spun
caramel with hard-shelled sugar eggs are each topped with a triumphantly plump
chocolate hen; pie-bald rabbits heavy with gilded almonds stand in rows, ready
to be wrapped and boxed; marzipan creatures march across the shelves. The smells
of vanilla essence and cognac and caramelized apple and bitter chocolate fill
the house.
And
now there is Armande's party to prepare for, too. I have a list of what she
wants on order from Agen- foie gras, champagne, truffles and fresh chanterelles
from Bordeaux, plateaux de fruits de mer from the traitor in Agen. I will bring
the cakes and chocolates myself.”
―
Joanne Harris, Chocolat
“When
the snow began to fall, Maman was working in the shop, making Easter
chocolates. Rabbits and chickens and baskets of eggs. Mendiants and nougatines.
Nipples of Venus, and apricot hearts, and bitter orange slices. All wrapped up
in cellophane, and tied with colored ribbons, and packed in boxes and sachets
and bags, ready to give for Easter.”
―
Joanne Harris, The Strawberry Thief
“This
morning it was sunny and bright, and Maman was making Easter things. There were
eggs, and hens, and rabbits, and ducks, all in different sizes and varieties of
chocolate, and Maman was decorating them with gold leaf, and hundreds and
thousands, and sugar roses and candied fruit. Later she'll wrap them in
cellophane, like fabulous bunches of flowers, each tied with a long curly
ribbon of a different color, and put them all on shelves at the back, as part
of her annual Easter display.”
―
Joanne Harris, The Strawberry Thief
“To
imagine oneself playing a role in an epic story is exhilarating, but to
actually step into an epic story is terrifying. And the problem is that
imagination might be safe, but being safe doesn’t write any stories worth
reading.”
―
Craig D. Lounsbrough
“Jesus
was born into an existence that I cannot fathom, and He died a death of the
very same sort. And therefore, what insanity causes me to presume His inability
to understand the difficulties of my existence when His wildly eclipsed mine,
and why do I doubt His adequacy to engage the death within me when He died a
death for me?”
―
Craig D. Lounsbrough
“Jesus
died a criminal’s death surrounded by a handful of followers who refused to do
anything other than a chase a God who, through His death at that very moment,
was chasing them.”
―
Craig D. Lounsbrough
“They
were served asparagus in a mousseline sauce so delicious you could faint, then
the Easter pâté à la Paulette Lestafier, then a roasted carré d'agneau
accompanied by tians of tomatoes, and zucchini with thyme flowers, then a tart
of strawberries and wild strawberries with homemade whipped cream.”
―
Anna Gavalda, Hunting and Gathering
“The
size of an ending will never offset the inevitability of a beginning.”
―
Craig D. Lounsbrough
“To
be rescued rather painfully points out the fact that we don’t have the
resources to rescue ourselves. Thanks to the stubbornness of our stale pride we
choose to refuse rescue and embrace anguish, which means that the greatest
thing that we need to be rescued from is ourselves.”
―
Craig D. Lounsbrough
“If
I understand death as a temporary loss that is irrevocably swallowed up by the
eternal existence within which it occurs, I suddenly realize that it is the
death of something that enriches the life of everything.”
―
Craig D. Lounsbrough
“I
need to be rescued from the thought that I don’t need to be rescued.”
―
Craig D. Lounsbrough
“My
Easter smells are the cinnamon and mixed spices in the hot cross buns, and the
rosemary and mint sauce with the roast lamb. The grassy tang of rhubarb and
real muddy wet grass from the egg rolling. And of course, lots and lots of milk
chocolate.
My
scents for Easter are:
Angel
by Thierry Mugler
Anima
Dulcis by Arquiste
Musc
Maori by Parfumerie Générale
Blue
North by Agonist
Opium
by Yves Saint Laurent
English
Pear & Freesia by Jo Malone London
La
Tulipe by Byredo”
―
Maggie Alderson, The Scent of You
