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> [“Living in the middle of beauty like this, we've no call to have puny ideas about God. Why do you suppose His world is so fancy-fine, so full of wonderment if He doesn't want everything to be good and perfect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-marshall/living-in-the-middle-of-beauty-like-this-we-ve-no-call-to-have-puny/)

[Catherine Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-marshall/)

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## More by Catherine Marshall

> [“I soon saw, however, that Creed's obsession with death was typical of most of the children. This came out in their play. "Let's play…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-marshall/i-soon-saw-however-that-creed-s-obsession-with-death-was-typical-of/)

[Catherine Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-marshall/)

> [“Living in the middle of beauty like this, we've no call to have puny ideas about God. Why do you suppose His world is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-marshall/living-in-the-middle-of-beauty-like-this-we-ve-no-call-to-have-puny/)

[Catherine Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-marshall/)

> [I believe the old cliché, 'God helps those who help themselves,' is not only misleading but often dead wrong. My most spectacular answers to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-marshall/i-believe-the-old-clich-god-helps-those-who-help-themselves-is-not/)

[Catherine Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-marshall/)

> [The unfolding of our friendship with the Father will be a never-ending revelation strretching on into eternity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-marshall/the-unfolding-of-our-friendship-with-the-father-will-be-a-never/)

[Catherine Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-marshall/)

> [The house, it's already been a-settin' here for a hundred years. It'll be right here tomorrow. It's today I must be livin'.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-marshall/the-house-it-s-already-been-a-settin-here-for-a-hundred-years-it-ll/)

[Catherine Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-marshall/)

> [“Evil is real - and powerful. It has to be fought, not explained away, not fled. And God is against evil all the way.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-marshall/evil-is-real-and-powerful-it-has-to-be-fought-not-explained-away-not/)

[Catherine Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-marshall/)

> [Truth could never be wholly contained in words. All of us know it: At the same moment the mouth is speaking one thing, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-marshall/truth-could-never-be-wholly-contained-in-words-all-of-us-know-it-at/)

[Catherine Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-marshall/)

> [Often God has to shut a door in our face, so that He can subsequently open the door through which He wants us to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-marshall/often-god-has-to-shut-a-door-in-our-face-so-that-he-can-subsequently/)

[Catherine Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-marshall/)

> [Whence comes this idea that if what we are doing is fun, it can't be God's will? The God who made giraffes, a baby's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-marshall/whence-comes-this-idea-that-if-what-we-are-doing-is-fun-it-can-t-be/)

[Catherine Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-marshall/)

> [When the dream in our heart is one that God has planted there, a strange happiness flowers into us. At that moment all of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-marshall/when-the-dream-in-our-heart-is-one-that-god-has-planted-there-a/)

[Catherine Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-marshall/)

> [“Have you ever watched a baby learning to walk? He totters, arms stretched out to balance himself. He wobbles - and falls, perhaps bumps…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-marshall/have-you-ever-watched-a-baby-learning-to-walk-he-totters-arms/)

[Catherine Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-marshall/)

> [“Truth could never be wholly contained in words.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-marshall/truth-could-never-be-wholly-contained-in-words/)

[Catherine Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-marshall/)

> [I learned that true forgiveness includes total self-acceptance. And out of acceptance wounds are healed and happiness is possible again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-marshall/i-learned-that-true-forgiveness-includes-total-self-acceptance-and/)

[Catherine Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-marshall/)

> [Of course you'll encounter trouble. But behold a God of power who can take any evil and turn it into a door of hope.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-marshall/of-course-you-ll-encounter-trouble-but-behold-a-god-of-power-who-can/)

[Catherine Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-marshall/)

> [A Christian has no business being satisfied with mediocrity. He's supposed to reach for the stars. Why not? He's not on his own anymore.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-marshall/a-christian-has-no-business-being-satisfied-with-mediocrity-he-s/)

[Catherine Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-marshall/)

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