Marie Monville > Quotes

“when all hell is breaking loose, when the blackness of evil comes crashing into our lives. How tempting, how natural, to see only the ugliness”
― Marie Monville, One Light Still Shines: My Life Beyond the Shadow of the Amish Schoolhouse Shooting

“Memories feed us in dark times,”
― Marie Monville, One Light Still Shines: My Life Beyond the Shadow of the Amish Schoolhouse Shooting

“No matter how tragic your circumstances, your life is not a tragedy. It is a love story. And in your love story, when you think all the lights have gone out, one light still shines.”
― Marie Monville, One Light Still Shines: My Life Beyond the Shadow of the Amish Schoolhouse Shooting

“I am now and forever a redemptionist, confident that, in Christ, nothing is wasted, but all will be transformed to spiritual gain.”
― Marie Monville, One Light Still Shines: My Life Beyond the Shadow of the Amish Schoolhouse Shooting

“Live the love story! Fall into the embrace of forgiveness. Hide in the shelter of his wings. Step inside the wall of grace. Live in the expectancy of seeing him at work. Leap into his mysterious will. Receive the gift of love. Be released to respond to his call. Tell the world your love story. And when again the lights go out, you too will see that one light still shines.”
― Marie Monville, One Light Still Shines: My Life Beyond the Shadow of the Amish Schoolhouse Shooting

“On this side of heaven, for all of us, God doesn't always spare us the loneliness, remove the pain, or still the storm. So I ask you: How often do we miss his light because we fail to look for it? How many times do we turn away from the tiny flicker that reveals his presence because we shut our eyes tight, insisting that he remove the darkness?”
― Marie Monville, One Light Still Shines: My Life Beyond the Shadow of the Amish Schoolhouse Shooting