Kristen Welch > Quotes

“Instead of asking myself, Is her room clean? Did he ace that test? I’m asking, Did I connect with them in a way that I will remember twenty years from now? Did I listen when she called my name four times? Did our hearts meet for a brief moment? Did he know that even when I couldn’t fix the problem, I was there for him?”
― Kristen Welch, Rhinestone Jesus: Saying Yes to God When Sparkly, Safe Faith Is No Longer Enough

“When entitlement’s poison begins to infect our hearts, gratitude is the antidote.”
― Kristen Welch, Raising Grateful Kids in an Entitled World: How One Family Learned That Saying No Can Lead to Life's Biggest Yes

“We aren’t called to do big things; we are just called to do something that fulfills this command: Love God. Love others.”
― Kristen Welch, Rhinestone Jesus: Saying Yes to God When Sparkly, Safe Faith Is No Longer Enough

“Parents who want to raise grateful kids need to start by living grateful lives.”
― Kristen Welch, Raising Grateful Kids in an Entitled World: How One Family Learned That Saying No Can Lead to Life's Biggest Yes

“Parenting is a marathon, and we have to remember our long-term goal of raising beautiful people who love God and others.”
― Kristen Welch, Raising Grateful Kids in an Entitled World: How One Family Learned That Saying No Can Lead to Life's Biggest Yes

“We can hardly complain about prayer being taken from the public schools if we are not praying in our Christian homes.”
― Kristen Welch, Raising Grateful Kids in an Entitled World: How One Family Learned That Saying No Can Lead to Life's Biggest Yes

“God, I realize they need me, but even more, they need You. I need You because this mothering thing is awesome and hard. When I look back, I won’t remember the days. I will remember the moments. And I’m thankful for that because, believe me, there are days I don’t want to remember!”
― Kristen Welch, Rhinestone Jesus: Saying Yes to God When Sparkly, Safe Faith Is No Longer Enough

“They belong to him anyway. I forget that. God created my children. He's giving me the honor of raising them,”
― Kristen Welch, Don't Make Me Come Up There!: Quiet Moments for Busy Moms

“The greatest moments in life are the miraculous moments when human impotence and divine omnipotence intersect. MARK BATTERSON”
― Kristen Welch, Rhinestone Jesus: Saying Yes to God When Sparkly, Safe Faith Is No Longer Enough

“There comes a moment in every woman’s life when something she was tightly holding on to—just slips from her hands. Sometimes it’s a dream. Sometimes it’s a place . . . a person . . . a purpose. Sometimes it’s the life you always thought you’d be living.”
― Kristen Welch, Rhinestone Jesus: Saying Yes to God When Sparkly, Safe Faith Is No Longer Enough

“I have to remind myself that it isn't bad to think about myself in this busy mothering season I'm in.”
― Kristen Welch, Don't Make Me Come Up There!: Quiet Moments for Busy Moms

“When I became a mother, I put on the mom jeans and developed mom genes.”
― Kristen Welch, Don't Make Me Come Up There!: Quiet Moments for Busy Moms

“Research proves there’s a direct link between low self-esteem and materialism. We give our kids more because we think it will make us all feel better, but it actually places a higher value on things than on relationships. And often our kids don’t need more stuff or more freedom; they just need more of us.”
― Kristen Welch, Raising Grateful Kids in an Entitled World: How One Family Learned That Saying No Can Lead to Life's Biggest Yes

“If we see life through only one lens, we believe the misconception that everyone in the world has what we do, and our blessings start looking a lot like expectations.”
― Kristen Welch, Raising Grateful Kids in an Entitled World: How One Family Learned That Saying No Can Lead to Life's Biggest Yes

“... said them for my benefit as much as hers [daughter]. "Honey, it's okay to want things we don't have, but we also need to remember what we do have. If we are going to compare ourselves to those who have more, we must also compare ourselves to those who have less.”
― Kristen Welch, Raising Grateful Kids in an Entitled World: How One Family Learned That Saying No Can Lead to Life's Biggest Yes

“it undermines personal”
― Kristen Welch, Raising Grateful Kids in an Entitled World: How One Family Learned That Saying No Can Lead to Life's Biggest Yes

“Entitlement didn’t start with my kids. It began with me.”
― Kristen Welch, Raising Grateful Kids in an Entitled World: How One Family Learned That Saying No Can Lead to Life's Biggest Yes

“Here's the simple truth that isn't so simple: Raising kids to be different from the world really does make them different from the world.”
― Kristen Welch, Raising Grateful Kids in an Entitled World: How One Family Learned That Saying No Can Lead to Life's Biggest Yes

“I think we were all created to ask the question, What can I do that matters?”
― Kristen Welch, Raising Grateful Kids in an Entitled World: How One Family Learned That Saying No Can Lead to Life's Biggest Yes

“Society has shifted truth by bombarding us with an idea until it’s normalized.”
― Kristen Welch, Raising Grateful Kids in an Entitled World: How One Family Learned That Saying No Can Lead to Life's Biggest Yes

“When our hands are busy serving others, we aren’t thinking about what we don’t have.”
― Kristen Welch, Raising Grateful Kids in an Entitled World: How One Family Learned That Saying No Can Lead to Life's Biggest Yes

“The humble person says that life is a gift to be grateful for, not a right to be claimed.”[6]”
― Kristen Welch, Raising Grateful Kids in an Entitled World: How One Family Learned That Saying No Can Lead to Life's Biggest Yes