Elyse M. Fitzpatrick Quotes

We need days of failure because they help humble us, and through them we can see how God's grace is poured out on the humble.

Believe that God is strong enough to save your children, no matter how you fail.

Idolatry, like all sin, is devastating to the soul. It cuts us off from the comforts of grace, the peace of conscience, and the joy that is to be our strength.

The one encouragement we can always give our children (and one another) is that God is more powerful than our sin, and He's strong enough to make us want to do the right thing.

Our beliefs about the sources of joy are frequently experienced as colored imaginations that captivate our hearts.

We are partners with our children because we are just like them, dearly loved sinners.

I did my best parenting by prayer. I began to speak less to the kids and more to God. It was actually quite relaxing.

I admit that at times my prayer for my children is nothing more than vocalized unbelief aimed at God.

God never encourages self-reliance.

I thought parenting was going to reveal my strengths, never realizing that God had ordained it to reveal my weaknesses.

We need to remember how what Christ has already done transforms who we are right now -- not later, once we get it together but right now in all the messes we've made.

Idolatry is always subject to the law of diminishing returns.