Lynette Eason > Quotes

“We're not made to say goodbye. God didn't make us that way. We're eternal beings meant to live with him and those we love forever. So when we have to part with a loved one for a while because of death, it hurts.”
― Lynette Eason, Don't Look Back

“Family’s not just made up of people who share the same blood, it’s made up of people who love you.”
― Lynette Eason, A Killer Among Us

“God can do amazing things if his people will take the time to pray about them.”
― Lynette Eason, When a Heart Stops

“You have to get to know God on a very intimate level in order to have the kind of faith that will withstand the storms life throws at you. It’s a good thing that we only have to have the amount of a mustard seed. Sometimes that’s about all I can find. You won’t find even that much, though, if you treat him as the enemy or simply a passing acquaintance.”
― Lynette Eason, Always Watching

“When I am afraid, I will trust in you. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can mortal man do to me? All day long they twist my words; they are always plotting to harm me.”
― Lynette Eason, When the Smoke Clears

“Yeah. I have a temper. But it’s one I’ve learned to control.
Really?
Really.
How do you figure?
You’re still standing, aren’t you?”
― Lynette Eason, Without Warning

“Haven’t you heard you don’t take a knife to a crossbow fight?”
He wondered how high her fever was. “No, that’s a new one.”
― Lynette Eason, Moving Target

“And for the record, you’re worth it. I think so and so does God. One day you’ll see that.”
― Lynette Eason, When the Smoke Clears

“It helps that I know God’s motives are good even when he allows bad things to happen.”
― Lynette Eason, Without Warning

“He answers prayers.
Yes, but will it be the answer I want?
I don’t know, but that’s where faith comes in.”
― Lynette Eason

“I… uh… couldn’t have… uh–” he cleared his throat– “gotten through all of this without you. You know that, right?”
“Of course I know that.” She eyed him and wrinkled her nose at him. “Although, with your sunny disposition, I can’t imagine why you didn’t have people lining up to volunteer to take care of you.”
― Lynette Eason, Moving Target

“You have to work at it. You have to know God on a very intimate level in order to have the kind of faith that will withstand the storms life throws at you. It's a good thing that we only have to have the amount of a mustard seed. Sometimes that's about all I can find.”
― Lynette Eason, Always Watching

“Allowing someone that close hadn’t been an option. Not with her home life. The one time she’d allowed someone to cross the barriers to her heart, he’d betrayed her. Devin Wickham. It hadn’t taken him long to show his true colors.”
― Lynette Eason, When the Smoke Clears

“having a relationship with God still takes work on our part. If you ignore it long enough, it will wither and die. I’m talking about on the human end, not God’s.”
― Lynette Eason, When a Secret Kills

“Apparently, you were the only chatty female who didn't make him crazy.”
― Lynette Eason, Collateral Damage

“Praying helped, but she had to admit, her faith was wobbling. She might say all the right things, and truthfully, she really did believe them, but… it was hard to understand what God was doing.”
― Lynette Eason, Without Warning

“It’s not wrong to want justice, to desire to right a wrong or help put away the bad guys. But revenge, that’s not right. It’s not healthy and I won’t have it in my heart.”
― Lynette Eason, Don't Look Back

“That Tim Shepherd dude called again. You really need to make time in between getting shot at and hospital stays to call him back.”
― Lynette Eason, Without Warning

“Are we going?” Serena demanded. “The party’s starting.”
― Lynette Eason, When the Smoke Clears

“Romans 8:38–39. “For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
― Lynette Eason, When the Smoke Clears

“Oh Lord, I’ve been so selfish, so consumed with myself I haven’t been able to see anyone else’s pain but my own. I’ve let anger blind me. I’ve let self-righteousness stop me in my tracks and keep me from having the kind of relationship with you that I want. I need to let it go.”
― Lynette Eason, A Killer Among Us

“God didn't create us to live each moment waiting for the other shoe to drop.”
― Lynette Eason, Critical Threat

“Let the past be the past.”
― Lynette Eason, When a Secret Kills

“John 3:16. Know that you’re loved. That you’re worth being loved. And that you’re loved so much that someone died so that you could live.”
― Lynette Eason, When the Smoke Clears

“Sometimes we have to face our fears to find out there’s nothing there to be afraid of anymore.”
― Lynette Eason, Agent Undercover

“I can see how you would feel that way, but that's not how God works. He can handle your anger, but he wants you to have peace. To let go of the bitterness. To keep trusting him even when you don't want to or when you doubt. Have faith that he is who he says he is.”
― Lynette Eason, Moving Target

“I’d like you to meet Bert and Ernie.” She lifted a brow at him and he shrugged. “I didn’t name them. They’re retired military working dogs. I adopted them about three years ago.” He paused. “I wanted Mr. Snuffleupagus too, but one of my buddies took him.”
― Lynette Eason, When a Secret Kills

“To believe God when He said He works all things together for good for those who love Him.”
― Lynette Eason, Agent Undercover

“I’ve never caught you noticing my muscles.”
“Trust me, Quinn, I’ve noticed.”
― Lynette Eason, Moving Target

“One thing about faith was accepting that you couldn’t see the big picture. However, the one thing he was sure of was that God had a plan and whatever it was, it was the best thing”
― Lynette Eason, Agent Undercover