{"quotes":[{"text":"The worst thing that I can do is humanize God. The second worst thing that I can do is deify myself. And the best thing that I can do is to avoid both.","author":"Craig D. Lounsbrough","tags":["avoid","avoidance","bible","christian","christianity","deify","diminish","elevate","god","humanize","idol","idolize","worst"],"id":300338,"author_id":"Craig+D.+Lounsbrough"},{"text":"You blast me open and then You stand back and watch My feeble attempts To deal with myself. Where do I turn In my now desperate need for love? You are not there. There is no one else to turn to For I have made you my Everything. And in my exhaustion From my desperate moments,I slip into myself And there I find God waiting for me To love Him to love me to love you Because you are the matchmaker. I thought He was leading me to you But, surprise surprise, You were leading me to Him.","author":"Kate McGahan","tags":["faith","god","growth","idol","idolize","love","matchmaker","priorities","relationship","romance"],"id":319750,"author_id":"Kate+McGahan"},{"text":"So self-assured were they all by nature that it never occurred to me to doubt that their perfection was predetermined by forces I did not understand. They were all royalty. They were all gods. They were all broken.","author":"Chelsey Philpot","tags":["fantasy","idealism","idolize","perfection","self","self-confidence"],"id":359748,"author_id":"Chelsey+Philpot"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":3,"pages":1}}