Venerable Bede
Venerable Bede
Bede, also referred to as Saint Bede or the Venerable Bede, was an English monk at the monastery of Saint Peter at Monkwearmouth and its companion monastery, Saint Paul's, in modern Jarrow, Tyne and Wear, both of which were then in the Kingdom of Northumbria. He is well known as an author and scholar, and his most famous work, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorumgained him the title "The Father of English History"...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionClergyman
sea storm world
All the ways of this world are as fickle and unstable as a sudden storm at sea.
godly thoughtful evil
If history records good things about good people, the thoughtful hearer is encouraged to imitate what is good; or if it records the evil of wicked people, the godly listener or reader is encouraged to avoid all that is sinful and bad, and to do what he knows to be good and pleasing to God.
reborn centre acknowledge
I was no longer the centre of my life and therefore I could see God in everything.
faith letting-go inspiration
Unfurl the sails, and let God steer us where He will.
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He alone loves the Creator perfectly who manifests a pure love for his neighbor.