O.v Grace Quotes

The sound of her voice was so pretty, it almost disguised the ugliness of her words.

Parents know all about the verses related to how children should behave but not so much about those that remind them about how they should behave.

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

Simply building a fence between a child and temptation is not the same things as preparing him to face life.

Food is what I love, and how I communicate love, and how I calm myself.

Why I love God

The Bible is gloriously for us, but it is not mainly about us.

When you study God’s Word and incorporate His wisdom and principles into your daily life, your whole perspective will change.

It is shocking how many crimes the Bible contains. The Governor's wife should cut them all out and paste them into her scrapbook.

I was a rule-follower. I obeyed all forms of authority. I had never before encountered a situation where the authority was clearly wrong and I had to stand up for what was right.

Nothing stayed, nothing ever changed. But love, only love, that was the true part of the story, no matter what the beginning, middle or end.

Those who listen with their hearts will begin to see patterns everywhere.

was i leaving a life that, if snuffed out in a plane crash, would leave a sweet aroma representative of what matters most?

Underneath all notions of justice is a set of faith assumptions that are essentially religious, and these are often not acknowledged.

In our sin, we’d rather trust in ourselves than another, amass our own righteousness than receive another’s, speak our own mind rather than listen to someone else.

We sin not because we do not love Christ at all but because we don’t love him above all.

Sin gains power over us not by its indomitable force but by our divided heart.

I often think we should have tattooed on the back of whatever hand we use to shoot or write, 'I might be wrong.

To live a life of gratitude is to open our eyes to the countless ways in which we are supported by the world around us.

Open your eyes and see how many gifts there are to unwrap. Notice the presence of your presents. It’s not your life that is disappointing: it’s your mind.

We know dates and times and locations and participants but accounts of what happened depend upon the perspective from which the event is viewed.

To accept the lively, the messy, and the unexpected things in our days, knowing that God sees them and has an eternal perspective, is to say with confidence I receive your timing.

I bet you to believe me when I say again that we do not need a great house, Sarah. We only need a great love.

Just rest and soon enough, you'll be home." I assured her as she slowly closed her eyes and the smile on her face faded.

Just be happy and if you can't be happy, do things that make you happy. or do nothing with the people that make you happy.

If you run out on Nellie, what will you say when you meet God?"George swore, laughed, shook his head. "I'll say 'Just send me on to hell. That's where all my friends are, anyway.

You think us fairies don’t understand sarcasm? We invented sarcasm.

The younger people with the ache of youth were eating all the cheese.

Church is not about learning how to be a moral person (though that is what the dominant narrative they hear tells them)

This time, Fusako was able to express herself with fluency and candor. The bold letters she had been writing week after week had granted her an unexpected new freedom.

...she would have walked all the way up to East Sixty-Third Street, and probably 163rd Street, if it meant pouring even more into this memory that wasn't a memory.

There are no such thing as ghosts.” Joseph replied.“There are supposedly no such things as Vampires and yet here you are.” Grace quipped flippantly.

Look at this, Grace, " Peg's e-mail said. "He's entrancing those people. I just realized. Taking them out of themselves. Ty is sort of like a medicine man. A shaman. P.S. Have you called him?

The way I look at it is this: If you try to obey the law, and the judges call you a criminal anyway, then you might as well live up to the name.

If the church is the body of Christ [who was disguised in servant form], why would we think the world would be able to pick us out of a crowd of other well-meaning organizations?

For his own unfathomable reasons, God chooses to disguise himself when he comes to this planet, and there have been few disguises better than the church.

To live [in the church] at the beck and call of marketing logic is to live in slavery.

To Ryuji the smile seemed as brittle as fine glass crystal and very dangerous

The stars were so many and so white they looked like chips of ice, hammered through the fabric of the sky.

The only person your anger hurts is you. Let it go. Accept it. Move on.

Ego is like a street urchin, born of fear and wanting and left to its own devices....

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.

You are not alone...please know that hope can fly in on the most unexpected of wings.

The poet is a Cyclops in the Kingdom of the Blind whose sole cure for the madness of his vision must be starvation.

I am just going outside and may be some time." Reportedly the last words of Lawrence Oates according to Captain Robert Falcon Scott, who commanded the ill-fated expedition to the South Pole 1911/12.

We live in a society of {more, faster, and extra.} So we feel the need to respond {more, faster, and extra.} Such a useless exercise. So much joy can be found in slowing down.

God has given his law so that we will experience, not earn, the good he intends for our lives.

Time is the ultimate democracy. Rich and poor, young and old, male and female: all have 24 hours in a day and 7 days in a week.

She knew with chilling and absolute certainty she was next.