--- title: "1 Prophet Isaiah Quotes By Mark Buchanan" description: "1 Prophet Isaiah quotes by Mark Buchanan. Plus more from Mark Buchanan and more Prophet Isaiah sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be2/mark-buchanan-23815_candor_there-is-too-wide-a-gap-for-most-of-us-b_1859536.png" --- > [“There is too wide a gap, for most of us, between what we say and what we mean. Between our words and our thoughts. The first thing the Prophet Isaiah said when he saw the living and exalted God was,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-buchanan/there-is-too-wide-a-gap-for-most-of-us-between-what-we-say-and-what/) [Mark Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-buchanan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be2/mark-buchanan-23815_candor_there-is-too-wide-a-gap-for-most-of-us-b_1859536.png) ## More by Mark Buchanan > [“In a culture where busyness is a fetish and stillness is laziness, rest is sloth. But without rest, we miss the rest of God:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-buchanan/in-a-culture-where-busyness-is-a-fetish-and-stillness-is-laziness/) [Mark Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-buchanan/) > [Once we begin to flee the things that threaten and burden us, there is no end to fleeing. God's solution is surprising. He offers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-buchanan/once-we-begin-to-flee-the-things-that-threaten-and-burden-us-there-is/) [Mark Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-buchanan/) > [Sabbath's golden rule: Cease from what is necessary. Embrace that which gives life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-buchanan/sabbath-s-golden-rule-cease-from-what-is-necessary-embrace-that-which/) [Mark Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-buchanan/) > [“One of the largest obstacles to true Sabbath-keeping is leisure. It is what cultural historian Witold Rybczynski calls “waiting for the weekend,” where we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-buchanan/one-of-the-largest-obstacles-to-true-sabbath-keeping-is-leisure-it-is/) [Mark Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-buchanan/) > [God gave us laughter, I think, as a balm to wash the wounds of our own blunders, as a splint to mend the bones…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-buchanan/god-gave-us-laughter-i-think-as-a-balm-to-wash-the-wounds-of-our-own/) [Mark Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-buchanan/) > [All the wickedness in the world begins with an act of forgetting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-buchanan/all-the-wickedness-in-the-world-begins-with-an-act-of-forgetting/) [Mark Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-buchanan/) > [This is the love of God, an alchemy that can turn enemies into children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-buchanan/this-is-the-love-of-god-an-alchemy-that-can-turn-enemies-into-children/) [Mark Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-buchanan/) > [The examen is a form of personal inventory. At day’s end, spend time in prayerful reflection on your day: your comings and goings, routines…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-buchanan/the-examen-is-a-form-of-personal-inventory-at-day-s-end-spend-time-in/) [Mark Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-buchanan/) > [“That's how I read the Bible. There are more than sixty references in Scripture to celebration and all but one or two of them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-buchanan/that-s-how-i-read-the-bible-there-are-more-than-sixty-references-in/) [Mark Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-buchanan/) > [“There is too wide a gap, for most of us, between what we say and what we mean. Between our words and our thoughts.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-buchanan/there-is-too-wide-a-gap-for-most-of-us-between-what-we-say-and-what/) [Mark Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-buchanan/) > [Here lies the basic flaw of all doubt. It can never really be satisfied. No evidence is ever fully, finally enough. Doubt wants always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-buchanan/here-lies-the-basic-flaw-of-all-doubt-it-can-never-really-be/) [Mark Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-buchanan/) > [“Forgiven people "prove" they're forgiven by walking in newness of life. They walk in the light, walk by faith, walk by the Spirit. Forgiveness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-buchanan/forgiven-people-prove-they-re-forgiven-by-walking-in-newness-of-life/) [Mark Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-buchanan/) > [“Author wonders whether God's proclamation of His natural mastery when appearing to Job might be about restoring a sense of wonder to world-weary man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-buchanan/author-wonders-whether-god-s-proclamation-of-his-natural-mastery-when/) [mark Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-buchanan/) > [Busyness makes us stop caring about the things we care about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-buchanan/busyness-makes-us-stop-caring-about-the-things-we-care-about/) [Mark Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-buchanan/) > [“Winter's not for adding things but for cutting things. It's the best season, the safest one, actually, to look closely at all the tangled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-buchanan/winter-s-not-for-adding-things-but-for-cutting-things-it-s-the-best/) [Mark Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-buchanan/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/prophet-isaiah/mark-buchanan/#itemlist", "name": "1 Prophet Isaiah Quotes By Mark Buchanan", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“There is too wide a gap, for most of us, between what we say and what we mean. Between our words and our thoughts. The first thing the Prophet Isaiah said when he saw the living and exalted God was, “Woe is me, I am ruined. For I am a man of unclean lips and I live among a people of unclean lips” (Isaiah 6:5). Isaiah was one of the most godly men who ever walked the earth. 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