tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7531721995157225088.post5758453875383840461..comments2023-04-15T08:46:27.315-04:00Comments on Civil Thoughts: Ahab's Wife - Review #9Staci Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06497149904264816666noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7531721995157225088.post-33212607741426860972012-03-06T09:05:41.741-05:002012-03-06T09:05:41.741-05:00here's the quote! Brother, I would say. I woul...here's the quote! Brother, I would say. I would help you. Dwell not in that inner hell which is always of our own making. Inside yourself you must give up the illusion of power. That is God's realm. Your life is like a vast ocean. Can you control the tempest? Can you make the sun shine? 'Twere naught folly to think so. Your despair comes from your struggle, from you own vain belief that you order the sea of feeling. But despair is like the tempest, and joy is like the sun. God gives us rules for living in nature. Take shelter from the storm; stay not too long in the sun. Prayer is the shelter from despair; good works for others is the obligation of joy at home. Meditate only on the glory of God, his magnificence, his kindness in the most ultimate sense, his ever-flowing forgiveness, his warm love. Admit your lowliness before his plan. Look you only to your own way, which is in God.turd-sndwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05863969439942805412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7531721995157225088.post-42618016849708086092012-03-06T09:04:31.850-05:002012-03-06T09:04:31.850-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.turd-sndwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05863969439942805412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7531721995157225088.post-57968156838066635392010-03-15T12:25:40.563-04:002010-03-15T12:25:40.563-04:00Just finished the book, and I flew through it. I l...Just finished the book, and I flew through it. I loved it, though I wish I could have changed the fate of Captain Ahab. Unfortunately, that fate was sealed long long ago.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7531721995157225088.post-4426620650016984292009-05-19T13:27:00.000-04:002009-05-19T13:27:00.000-04:00I really appreciate your reviews -- they always gi...I really appreciate your reviews -- they always give me food for thought, and not just an indication of whether I want to make the time to read a particular book or not.TulipGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10491713586488210547noreply@blogger.com