O.v Grace Quotes
Come in, Martise." Silhara's voice was almost sibilant in the darkness as he tagged on her hand. "There are no soul eaters here." No, she thought. Only heart thieves.
By embracing our brokenness, we don’t come to Christ's feet occasionally, but we stay at His feet continuously.
Honor is for the Lord. Who the Lord honors, and how He'll do it, is all up to Him.
The great hope we find in the Christian faith is that God is not us.
May the light of God's love lead us always through the valleys.
God created every heart, every person for relationship.
Prayer is a mighty ministry that any believer can have—anywhere, anytime, and in any circumstance.
This was when it hit him! The thought of losing his entire family in one day suddenly made his heart ache in a way that he didn't think could be possible.
A soul of terror’d mind, shall never find thy rest. For cruelty comes with a sacrifice – one in which beholds as a hate of oneself.
For this cause…for this privilege…you were born—to shine lights into the world for God.
Don’t approach a dragon from the front, a jakkar from the back or a norn from any side. Annuan saying.
We all marveled that we'd gotten to take part in so perfect and courageous and amazing a life.
It is not our responsibility to fix every mess. If someone steps onto the scary ledge of truth, it is enough to acknowledge her courage and make this promise: I am here with you as your friend...
Asked to explain how he became a war hero he (Kennedy) responded, "It was involuntary. They think my boat.
The dark sky seemed to swallow the moon, as Samantha stood alone on the deserted highway.
She sought his eyes once again. Eyes so perfect a blue they rivaled the most gorgeous lapis lazuli stone.
Allow me to introduce myself. I am Enrico Manuel Alejandro Stephan Montebello, and you are trespassing on my land.
Remember seeker, our earthly perceptions of reality are just an illusion.
After all, I had been waiting decades for it to come. I wanted to escape this world, but only it could help me.
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.
While I may not always feel joy, God asks me to give thanks in all things because He knows that the feeling of joy begins in the action of thanksgiving.
No role brings greater joy or blessing than being a parent.
A curator treasures aged bibles, but the wise treasure the wisdom within.
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.
They had laid the tender, down-ruffled little bird on a platter and appeared now to be pondering a way to eat out its heart without causing it distress.
Did time move forward, through people, or did people move through it, like clouds across the sky?
To seek is to show valor. To endure is to show strength. To believe all will arise in a time of perfection. There shows trust and faith in you.
To be at peace, does not mean that you are amiss of every storm, it only means that you can find a calm within the storm.
At times it may feel hopeless. That life is unforgiving. Breathe. In the hopelessness of life, we find hope and promise. We find strength.
Grace does not contest the powers-that-be through an effective show of verifiable strength but through a persistent and subversive recoding of how one defines what strength and weakness are.
Invest in yourself. You get OUT what you put IN.
Don't sacrifice the good to chase the perfect.
Be happy NOW. This moment is all you’ve got
How do I structure my life to be at peace with who I am, & comfortable with what I’m doing & not doing?
Time is not a means to keep or prove your worth in the world, but a means to experience the richness of all that is.
My emotional state is determined by where my attention goes.
And it seemed increasingly obvious that the world would have to topple if he was to attain the glory that was rightfully his. They were consubstantial: glory and the capsized world.
Our students sometimes use their creativity to do wrong things, and we therefore conclude that we must keep them from being creative. But evil cannot be blamed on creativity. (p31)
I've always thought it nonsense to believe something true simply because it was written in a book long ago.
At its Greek root, "to believe" simply means "to give one's heart to." Thus, if we can determine what it is we give our heart to, then we will know what it is we believe.
Allow your mind to be still and rest in His presence.
Prayer doesn’t begin with our needs, but with his bounty.
It shouldn’t surprise us…to find that prayer is not finally about getting things from God, but getting God.
This is the heart of prayer—not getting things from God, but getting God.
…Prayer to God is not only the place for divulging our heart, but also developing our desires.
The great purpose of prayer is not getting things from God but getting God.