Jonathan Martin Quotes

Enjoy the top 9 famous quotes, sayings and quotations by Jonathan Martin.

“In our culture of constant access and nonstop media, nothing feels more like a curse from God than time in the wilderness. To be obscure, to be off the beaten path, to be in the wilderness feels like abandonment. It seems more like exile than a vacation. To be so far off of everyones radar that the world might forget about us for a while? Thats almost akin to death ... [But] far from being punishment, judgment, or a curse, the wilderness is a gift. Its where we can experience the primal delight of being fully known and delighted in by God.”
— Jonathan Martin —

“It turns out that knowing how loved we are by God makes all the difference in the kind of people we will become.”

— Jonathan Martin

“Our scars reveal who we are. The fact that we have experienced profound suffering in life-the fact that we carry what may seem to be unsightly scars-does not disqualify us from following Jesus. It may be precisely what qualifies us.”

— Jonathan Martin

“IT is only when we are no longer in control
because of sickness, death, or our own bad choices
that we no longer cling. The path to salvation is the path of humiliation.”

— Jonathan Martin

“This fits the pattern of how God responds to human suffering: We come looking for answers; God sends a hot meal through a warm body. WE come looking for reasons for our hunger; God sends provision to feed us. We come looking for a sermon that will explain the complexity of the cosmos to us and satiate our desire for understanding; Christ responds with, "This is my body, given for you; this is my blood, shed for you."
People try to offer us an explanation; God offers us a Eucharist.”

— Jonathan Martin

“The cross of Jesus says to us there is nothing God won't do to bring us home
except force us to choose him. The cross is God laying down his great power so we might be compelled by the beauty of his heart. He will not coerce us, but only woo us.”

— Jonathan Martin

“Who are you really, behind the avatars you've created for yourself? What are you covering up? What are you afraid of? What are you hoping for? Where are you going?”

— Jonathan Martin