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“But I remember Tay’s words: I wasn’t called to be successful. I was called to be faithful. I’m a farmer. I plant the seeds, care for them as best I can, and let God do the rest.”
― Jason Brown, Centered: Trading Your Plans for a Life That Matters

“None of us had been in love, not really, until now. Anything we had called love came back to us as mockery in the face of this sudden flight from reason. Andy had said he was in love with Missy, and it was a shame Missy was not in love with him. A daily lament rose from him like the steam of the heat from the pipes at school. Andy’s mother hit the counter with her fist. “They’re too young,” she said, talking about Natalie and Dion, and we knew she was talking about their tongues running along the inside of each other’s teeth and the suddenly anxious too-tight grip of her hand between his legs, and the taste of each other’s skin, and the smell of each other’s bodies, and the feel of him slipping inside her and her settling down over him, the shape of her mouth, the shape of his. She was talking about their bodies but thinking about the words they had used. Everyone knew. “Love,” she finally growled, as if the creature itself had risen from her dreams to take over her kitchen. She gripped a package of spaghetti as if it was a club and stared at the wall, paralyzed by the idea of them out there.”
― Jason Brown

“God knows something we forget: Behind every number is a person. Behind every statistic is a story. While the rest of us follow our spreadsheets, God—in His infinite understanding—can look beyond all that. He can use our failures as much as our successes, our disappointments as much as our victories.”
― Jason Brown, Centered: Trading Your Plans for a Life That Matters

“The real blessings of God aren’t things we can wear or drive or put in a bank account; rather, we are truly blessed when we feel God’s presence in our lives. After all, God’s greatest blessing is Himself. He gave Himself to us for our sins. He blessed us with new life. And if we pay attention, we see that He blesses us with His presence all the time.”
― Jason Brown, Centered: Trading Your Plans for a Life That Matters

“comfortable. I was called to be faithful. I was called to follow God in determination and humility and deep, deep awe. It’s God’s job to make that faithfulness work out in the end—to take whatever I grow and use it for His own awesome purposes.”
― Jason Brown, Centered: Trading Your Plans for a Life That Matters