Stacy Hawkins Adams > Quotes

“The key is to figure out how God can effectively use you where you're planted now, regardless of how you got there. ”
― Stacy Hawkins Adams, The Someday List

“She fixed a smile that she hoped looked authentic. Pretending to be content continued to be hard work.”
― Stacy Hawkins Adams, Lead Me Home

“If I were a character in one of my books, I'd be the optimistic one, believing the best and urging others to do the same.”
― Stacy Hawkins Adams, Dreams That Won't Let Go

“She was returning home to be the wife of, mother of, First Lady of, but what did that really mean?”
― Stacy Hawkins Adams, Lead Me Home

“The door wasn’t closing. Shiloh’s spirit opened up as she considered the possibilities.”
― Stacy Hawkins Adams, Lead Me Home

“No matter how much restitution she paid with every word and deed, her blood-stained hands could never really be clean, even if no one else knew they were dirty.”
― Stacy Hawkins Adams, Lead Me Home

“We are like those oysters in many ways...Irritants, or foreign objects, infiltrate our lives in the form of bad choices, jealousy, fear, deep loss, and countless other challenges I could name. We choose how to handle things that come, either by rallying our strength and faith and finding a way to go on, or by giving into the pressure and giving up.
When we choose to stand up inside and protect our spirits, our hearts, and the essence of who we are, we produce a substance similar to what the oyster produces to form the layers of the pearl. In us, it's called character, integrity, grace, courage, and the ability to love ourselves and others, with no strings attached.”
― Stacy Hawkins Adams

“Can I really do this?”
― Stacy Hawkins Adams, Finding Home

“You never know what the wind will blow your way, baby; you’ve just got to be prepared to dance to the music God provides.”
― Stacy Hawkins Adams, Coming Home

“In that moment, she knew she would take the coward’s way out,”
― Stacy Hawkins Adams, Finding Home

“Be thoughtful and strategic, but also be open to blessings arriving in unexpected forms.”
― Stacy Hawkins Adams

“Translation, it read: But you will not even need to fight. Take your positions; then stand still and watch the LORD’s victory. He is with you, O people of Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid or discouraged. Go out against them tomorrow, for the LORD is with you!”
― Stacy Hawkins Adams, Coming Home

“STG — his acronym for Simply Trust God. The idea”
― Stacy Hawkins Adams, Coming Home