Jocelyn Green > Quotes

“The best way to get rid of the negative thoughts is to crowd them out with something else bigger and more beautiful: worship of the One who holds everything in His powerful and capable hands.”
― Jocelyn Green, Faith Deployed...Again: More Daily Encouragement for Military Wives

“We all have scars, my beautiful one. They make us who we are, and if we let them, they bring us together.”
― Jocelyn Green, The Mark of the King

“Talk to the Lord, Julianne. Even if you're mad as hornets. If you keep it all bottled up, you'll only end up with a belly full of bee stings.”
― Jocelyn Green, The Mark of the King

“So much of how we think, feel, and live depends on our vision-what we choose to see in any given situation.”
― Jocelyn Green, Faith Deployed...Again: More Daily Encouragement for Military Wives

“There's beauty in the imperfect too. you are a God who uses broken vessels. You are not afraid of human limitations or scars.”
― Jocelyn Green, Veiled in Smoke

“So much of how we think, feel, and live depends on our vision--what we choose to see in any given situation. In fact, I believe that the difference between being simply concerned or being consumed by worry rides on where we tend to focus our sight.”
― Jocelyn Green, Faith Deployed...Again: More Daily Encouragement for Military Wives

“Beware, Julianne. Sorrow breeds isolation, and isolation brings despair.”
― Jocelyn Green, The Mark of the King

“Remember this, mes cheres: There is no person so small that the Lord cannot see her, no voice so quiet that He cannot hear it.”
― Jocelyn Green, The Mark of the King

“It's up to him, and to God. Sometimes the best thing we can do is simply get out of the way of that.”
― Jocelyn Green, Shadows of the White City

“The opposite of fear is not courage. The opposite of fear is faith.”
― Jocelyn Green, Shadows of the White City

“She was limited, but God was not. She had to trust that He would find a way to make something beautiful through her.”
― Jocelyn Green, Veiled in Smoke

“What is courage, but moving forward in the face of fear? If there was nothing to be afraid of, we would have no need to be brave.”
― Jocelyn Green, Between Two Shores

“God is the Creator, is He not?" she had said with a smile. "So when we create, even if it is a mere length of lace and not the stars in the heavens, we honor Him. We bear His likeness when we work.”
― Jocelyn Green, A Refuge Assured

“For a few moments, the women sat together in companionable quiet, the only sounds that of birdsong and hoofbeats and wagon wheels from outside. The dough rounding between Vienne's palms was smooth and soft, and the sight of the rolls filling the pan Paulette set on the table offered a certain satisfaction. Life remained complex and unreliable, but this was simple and predictable. A comfort.”
― Jocelyn Green, A Refuge Assured

“There is beauty in the imperfect too. You are a God who uses broken vessels. You are not afraid of human limitations or scars.”
― Jocelyn Green, Veiled in Smoke

“It would be difficult, Charlotte knew, but that was not reason enough to avoid it.”
― Jocelyn Green, Wedded to War

“We can never be who we once were, because we keep changing and growing. We're not defined by our hurts, but by God's grace we can overcome them. We are transformed.”
― Jocelyn Green, Veiled in Smoke

“What is courage,” he said, “but moving forward in the face of fear? If there was nothing to be afraid of, we would have no need to be brave.”
― Jocelyn Green, Between Two Shores

“Honest confession is an externalizing of an inward conversation for the purpose of gaining insight, releasing a burden, or admitting reality. Confession leads to movement and helps us get out of merely coping. It opens doors to growth and change because it is an act of congruence. By externalizing--sharing--our true state of affairs, w are better able to receive the help we really need.”
― Jocelyn Green, Faith Deployed...Again: More Daily Encouragement for Military Wives

“Everything begins and ends with grace.”
― Jocelyn Green, The Mark of the King

“They’ll never let women keep nursing after the war, Charlotte.”
― Jocelyn Green, Wedded to War

“Connect with positive people who will stand in faith with you and lift you up in prayer. Study the Word of God and put your faith in action, for the Bible declares, "Faith without deeds is dead" (James 2:26)”
― Jocelyn Green, Faith Deployed...Again: More Daily Encouragement for Military Wives

“You don’t belong to me, you belong to the One who created you. But I’m your steward, and it’s my job to care for you and to repair whatever is broken.”
― Jocelyn Green, Veiled in Smoke

“Vienne had been wrong about grief, to think of it as mere sadness, to believe it could be dammed while inconvenient, or set free to run its course and then dry up. It was a crush in the chest, a sharp pull in the gut, pain that encircled back without warning. No respecter of time or will.”
― Jocelyn Green, A Refuge Assured

“Some pushing is necessary for growth and healing, but too much, and we may snap something that isn't meant to be severed.”
― Jocelyn Green, Veiled in Smoke

“Don’t be cross with me, Meg, but yes, I looked. Rest assured, I liked what I saw.” He glanced at Sylvie, who colored to the shade of poppies as she returned his smile. She seemed very pleased by his approval.”
― Jocelyn Green, Veiled in Smoke

“As if the wounds of war were not enough, our soldiers are creating their own disease with their lack of personal hygiene and their filthy camps. And it will kill them.”
― Jocelyn Green, Wedded to War

“About you, about Father. About being refined and praying for Father to be made new. I think we might pray that all of us are made new. I understand Father so much more now that I don’t understand myself.” She chuckled. “Do you know what I mean?”
― Jocelyn Green, Veiled in Smoke

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― Jocelyn Green, The Hudson Collection

“She and Martine had not divulged the details of their pasts, for sharing the present had been enough. Their friendship had been woven from slender threads, with blank spaces where secrets were kept. It was precious, nonetheless. A piece of lace, gently worked. The empty places were as meaningful as the strands that embraced them.”
― Jocelyn Green, A Refuge Assured