Less than a Fortnight left... and some great quotes

In less than 2 weeks, I will return to 'the States', with bags full of Christmas presents and other memorabilia collected along the way, my stomach full of great English food (and Chinese, Indian, and other cuisine from new-found friends), a mind full of wonderful memories (and some not-so-good ones too), and a heart full with emotion, excitement from what God has done, emptiness from leaving great friends and memories behind, and also eagerness to be returning to family and friends.  If that is not a run-on sentence, I don't know what is...

Over the past few days, I have reflected on my experiences here by looking back in my journal. I began to write down the highlights, and so far have 5 and a half pages full of great memories. I will try to pick out the top 10 or so, but until I do that, I will share some of the great quotes that I have come across durning my stay in England:

"If we live like we sing, this planet would be different."

- David Crowder

There is nothing we can do to make God love us more; there is nothing we can do to make God love us less.

"Pain is God's megaphone to rouse a deaf world..."

-C.S. Lewis

"Being active and being effective are not necessarily the same thing."

- (from Young People and Mission)

"For in everything natural there is something marvelous."

- Aristotle

"Our hearts are restless until they find their rest in God."

- Aristotle

"Life is now seen as an anticipation of something more marvelous which is yet to come."

- Allister McGrath

"Your love is over, it's underneath..."

- From Tenth Avenue North

"God is the highest good of the reasonable creature; and the enjoyment of him is the only happiness with which our souls can be satisfied."

- Jonathan Edwards