Carrie Cotten > Quotes

“Grace. That word was life. It was light and hope and all things good. With a painful cry, my hand fell. He is greater, His grace is greater.”
― Carrie Cotten, Dark of Night

“We do not receive love and forgiveness because we deserve them but because they are a gift we are in desperate need of.”
― Carrie Cotten, The Raven

“My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips: When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches. Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice. My soul followeth hard after thee; thy right hand upholdeth me. But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth…”
― Carrie Cotten, Dark of Night

“What other God would be so good? Whether a man faithfully served his entire life or a sinner came to repentance in his final minutes, what love must God have to give them both the same reward?”
― Carrie Cotten, The Viking

“There was always a risk of pain when loving broken people, but the risk should always be taken.”
― Carrie Cotten, The Huntress

“May The Christ bless this union. May He be ever gracious to you both; may He guide you in all your steps, and may He keep your hearts burning for each other with as much passion in the last of your years as this, your first. And above all else, may you both keep your eyes focused on Him.” She lowered her eyes to speak again to Aksel and Revna. “You may seal this union with a k—”
― Carrie Cotten, The Valkyrie

“Then do not let your captor keep you in chains any longer.”
― Carrie Cotten, The Raven

“I sat with my anger long enough until she told me her real name was grief. C.S. Lewis For the seekers and searchers. There is nothing earth can offer that will satisfy. It is only found in Jesus Christ. What He offers is complete. Total. Sufficient for every need.”
― Carrie Cotten, The Raven

“Hundreds of words swirled around in my mind. He is the Creator, Father, and Friend. He is Savior, Messiah, King. The beginning of all things. All knowing. Loving, yet just. Merciful and kind. Compassionate and holy. Finally, at the root of it all, I settled on one single word. “Sovereign,” I said. “God is sovereign.” Andy - Dark of Night”
― Carrie Cotten, Dark of Night

“Even if You don’t.” A sharp burn climbed up my throat and spread across my jaw. When we dug down to the very essence of it—that was it. To know beyond every shadow of every doubt that God was powerful enough to fix every wrong, to heal every hurt, to save us from every danger; but to still believe and serve and worship even if He didn’t. That was faithfulness.”
― Carrie Cotten, Awaken

“She was beautiful in the way a thunderstorm was beautiful. It was something one would step outside the safety of their home to witness—a vibrant, terrifying power that demanded attention.”
― Carrie Cotten, The Raven

“He was not a god who sat atop a golden throne demanding His creation scratch and claw their way to Him. No. He left His perfect home. He came for His lost children, and He gave His life for those who could never repay that debt—for those who could never earn His love.”
― Carrie Cotten, The Raven

“Though there is much sadness and ye shall surely mourn, I believe yer prayers for purpose have been answered.”
― Carrie Cotten, The Huntress

“If you know the one true God, then you also know we do not receive love and forgiveness because we deserve them but because they are a gift we are in desperate need of. Even if you never left home, that would still be true. It is God’s goodness that makes you worthy, not your own. It is God’s grace that covers your sin and sets you free. You believe that, do you not?”
― Carrie Cotten, The Raven

“Your feelings will change like the tides, ebbing and flowing. You cannot trust them. You must trust in the God who does not change, who does not fail or falter. You will fall. But you must get up. For all the ones that do not get to come home, for all the ones who do not have anyone waiting for them, you owe it to them to never waste what you have been given.”
― Carrie Cotten, The Raven