Someone Else's Thoughts

"The Christian's God does not consist merely of a God Who is the author of mathematical truths and the order of the elements. That is the portion of the heathen and Epicureans. He does not consist merely of a God Who extends His providence over the life and property of men so as to grant a happy span of years to those who worship Him. That is the portion of the Jews. But the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob, the God of the Christians is a God of love and consolation: He is a God Who fills the soul and heart of those whom He possesses: He is a God Who makes them inwardly aware of their wretchedness and His infinite mercy: Who unites Himself with them in the depths of their soul: Who fills it with humility, joy, confidence and love: Who makes them incapable of having any other end but Him."
- Blaise Pascal, Pensees, fragment 556