Rachel Olsen > Quotes

“When I stop trying to create a life for myself, I find the life God creates for me. When I cease trying to make a name for myself—competing, grasping, pushing my way to the top—His name emerges through the actions of my life.”
― Rachel Olsen, It's No Secret: Revealing Divine Truths Every Woman Should Know

“What is the most valuable thing on earth? It’s not the Hope Diamond, or the National Treasury. It’s not a Picasso collection, or the Microsoft fortune. It is the wisdom of God, seen in the pages of your Bible. You’ve had access to it all along.”
― Rachel Olsen, It's No Secret: Revealing Divine Truths Every Woman Should Know

“Being in a hurry. Getting to the next thing without fully entering the thing in front of me. I cannot think of a single advantage I’ve ever gained from being in a hurry. But a thousand broken and missed things, tens of thousands, lie in the wake of all that rushing.”
― Rachel Olsen, It's No Secret: Revealing Divine Truths Every Woman Should Know

“We’re each a part of the body of Christ—some of us are eyes with the gift of vision, others are feet with the ability to mobilize into action. The eyes can’t move without the feet. The feet don’t know where to head without the eyes. We’re each gifted to meet the others’ needs.”
― Rachel Olsen, It's No Secret: Revealing Divine Truths Every Woman Should Know

“He determines the course of world events; he removes kings and sets others on the throne.”
― Rachel Olsen, It's No Secret: Revealing Divine Truths Every Woman Should Know

“We’ve all got our issues, our baggage experiences, our pet peeves, our weaknesses, our harebrained ideas, our nutty hang-ups and quirks, and areas of our character that God is still working on. That’s just the way it is on this side of eternity. So we have to be willing to freely give and receive grace and to give and receive help. Because when we don’t, people wind up isolated, hurting, and wondering if it’s worth the risk to connect with others.”
― Rachel Olsen, It's No Secret: Revealing Divine Truths Every Woman Should Know

“What we don’t often realize is that stopping to rest is also an act of worship. It’s not just something we do for ourselves—something we get to decide if and when it is needed. It’s something we do with God, honoring Him.”
― Rachel Olsen, It's No Secret: Revealing Divine Truths Every Woman Should Know

“When done well, rest is a conscious act of worship and a means of holy transformation. Setting aside time to rest is setting aside time to become set apart. When we focus on Him in our rest, we become realigned with His heartbeat. We become restored to His image. Dedicating our rest, focusing it heavenward, turns it transcendent.”
― Rachel Olsen, It's No Secret: Revealing Divine Truths Every Woman Should Know

“When we live His ways, we outline His image and trace the truths of His kingdom before a watching world.”
― Rachel Olsen, It's No Secret: Revealing Divine Truths Every Woman Should Know

“Focusing on the self is the opposite of focusing on God. Anyone completely absorbed in self ignores God, ends up thinking more about self than God. That person ignores who God is and what he is doing. And God isn’t pleased at being ignored.”
― Rachel Olsen, It's No Secret: Revealing Divine Truths Every Woman Should Know

“Solomon’s wisdom—flowing from the throne of God—brought the nation peace and prosperity like it had never known before. The forty years when Solomon sat as king were the best years in Israel’s history. All because he asked God for wisdom and followed it.”
― Rachel Olsen, It's No Secret: Revealing Divine Truths Every Woman Should Know

“Make the most of every opportunity. Be gracious in your speech. The goal is to bring out the best in others in a conversation, not put them down, not cut them out.”
― Rachel Olsen, It's No Secret: Revealing Divine Truths Every Woman Should Know

“The Author of life who pens your story observes each time you discuss Him and honor His name before others!”
― Rachel Olsen, It's No Secret: Revealing Divine Truths Every Woman Should Know

“Irrepressible hope, unsurpassable peace, inexplicable joy, unfailing comfort, patient endurance, and amazing grace await us in the dark times if we’ll seek Him in them. Finding these treasures, we experience calm despite the storm. We develop spiritual beauty and spiritual strength—and others are drawn to us in their own times of need.”
― Rachel Olsen, It's No Secret: Revealing Divine Truths Every Woman Should Know