Darkness Quote by Abraham Joshua Heschel

“We must first peer into the darkness, feel strangled and entombed in the hopelessness of living without God, before we are ready to feel the presence of His living light.” quote by Abraham Joshua Heschel — Download Open image

“We must first peer into the darkness, feel strangled and entombed in the hopelessness of living without God, before we are ready to feel the presence of His living light.”

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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