Lacey Sturm > Quotes

“You are not a burden, an accident, or a mistake. You are meant for amazing things that you can't even imagine for yourself.”
― Lacey Sturm

“I have faith in God to put me where I need to be at the right time, and to put on my heart what I’m called to do… Sometimes we’re called to be very proactive about one thing, and then in another season, we’re supposed to let it go, trust God and pick up something else. You have to be in constant prayer and connected with the Holy Spirit to lead you.”
― Lacey Sturm

“Till we recognize what’s sick and messed up about ourselves this world is gonna stay sick and messed up.”
― Lacey Sturm

“The world will throw lies at you, aimed at your heart, aimed to kill.”
― Lacey Sturm, The Reason: How I Discovered a Life Worth Living

“And if you don't have someone to tell you, I want you to know, that I am glad that you're alive today.”
― Lacey Sturm

“If you felt like somebody made you feel worthless, that is a lie. You are valuable precious treasure.”
― Lacey Sturm

“When you forgive somebody, it’s not so much for them as it is for you. You need to be free from that. And you need to rise above that.”
― Lacey Sturm

“You’re trying to carry everything in your life by yourself. And you are falling under the weight of it but that was never God’s intention. He doesn’t want you to carry it yourself. You can’t do it, only God can do that. And that’s what he says, he says: “I never meant for you to go throught this by yourself. I wanna go throught it with you. I wanna carry it for you.”
― Lacey Sturm

“We should teach our kids that they're blessing and not a burden and that they're valuable beyond what they can imagine - in God's eyes, in the world's eyes - that they're purpose is so important to fulfill and it's gonna make a difference in the world. And they're the only ones that can make the difference that they can make, in the way that they can make it. That's why we all have different fingerprints. And I feel like the message is not clear enough. It's not clear because they go to school and they get challenged and they're bombarded with the idea that abortion is okay, that we can just go ahead and, you know, if we're not ready to have a kid we can just take care of that problem. But kids are not a problem, they're not a mistake, they're not a burden. They're blessing from God and that's what we don't understand. My mom was sixteen when she had me and we both almost died, I was a second kid, she had my brother when she was fifteen. And we both almost died and the doctors told her to abort me and I think that a lot of people gave her that advice. So when I grew up I think I had a sense of being a burden. And I think a lot of kids actually have that sense.”
― Lacey Sturm

“Everyday we have a high calling that we need to fulfill and everyday we can do it whether it's just to smile at somebody we little know.”
― Lacey Sturm

“If you wake up today, it's on purpose, it's a gift.”
― Lacey Sturm

“People do things just 'cause everyone else does and then they wonder why they feel empty all the time.”
― Lacey Sturm

“God is so good to give us new days and New Years since He knows we need so many times to start over.”
― Lacey Sturm

“I think the most important thing about screaming in our music is the urgency of it.”
― Lacey Sturm

“He has a plan for everybody here and it’s all a matter of whether you answer it when He calls you.”
― Lacey Sturm

“If you don’t know that God loves you, he does. He loves his creation. And you’re his creation.”
― Lacey Sturm

“I would never have chosen that life for myself, I know. But God knew what he was doing. And everything I went through turned out to make songs like we write that touch people that have to go through the same kind of things. And if I hadn’t gone through what I went through I wouldn’t be right here right now. And I’m just talking about how God makes good out of bad, usually all the time, he can always do that. It’s just that God works everything together for the good of those who love him. And I’m glad I’ve gone through what I did.”
― Lacey Sturm

“He doesn’t want you to obey a bunch of rules, He wants your love.”
― Lacey Sturm

“He sent Jesus to come and to talk to us and then allowed him to be killed so that the spirit that lived in Jesus could go out into all the earth and speak to you right where you are in your heart. Right now.”
― Lacey Sturm

“God protected, corrected, and provided. Why? Because he is my heavenly Father. Because I wasn’t born a bastard. None of us are.”
― Lacey Sturm, The Mystery: Finding True Love in a World of Broken Lovers

“Silence from God is the loudest and saddest thing I’ve ever heard.”
― Lacey Sturm, The Mystery: Finding True Love in a World of Broken Lovers

“Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who draws strength from mere flesh.”
― Lacey Sturm, The Mystery: Finding True Love in a World of Broken Lovers

“Arise and be all that you dreamed”
― Lacey Sturm, The Reason: How I Discovered a Life Worth Living

“If it were classified as a disease, fatherlessness would be an epidemic worthy of attention as a national emergency. . . . Fatherlessness is associated with almost every societal ill facing our country’s children.”
― Lacey Sturm, The Mystery: Finding True Love in a World of Broken Lovers

“Is there a God or not?” “Is God good or not?” “Does he love me or not?” “Is God all powerful or not?” “Am I a blessing or a burden?” “Am I alone or is he with me?” And all of these questions were rooted in this one: “Do I have a heavenly Father or am I an orphan?”
― Lacey Sturm, The Mystery: Finding True Love in a World of Broken Lovers

“As the web tightened around me and began to choke the life out of me, I remembered the only One who ever gave me life was Christ. So when I cried out to him in truth and sincerity, he rescued me again, like a loving father or a faithful husband, full of forgiveness and reconciliation before a lost daughter or an adulterous bride.”
― Lacey Sturm, The Mystery: Finding True Love in a World of Broken Lovers

“My orphan heart thought love was to complete someone else and to be completed by them. I didn’t understand that when two people who aren’t whole try to complete each other they both end up with less than when they started. I didn’t understand that the only one who can make a person whole is God.”
― Lacey Sturm, The Mystery: Finding True Love in a World of Broken Lovers

“this is the truth: women and men need each other.”
― Lacey Sturm, The Mystery: Finding True Love in a World of Broken Lovers

“I was fatherless. And that seemingly small part of my identity, in many ways, molded an orphan heart in me.
When I encountered love my orphan heart rejected it because it felt like the smartest thing to do. My philosophy was They will reject me, so I will reject them first. They don’t get to hurt me.
I did this often. I intended never to owe anyone a kindness I couldn’t pay back. I stayed ’out of the way.’ I did my best not to cost anyone anything.
I was suspicious of gifts. What do they want? What are they trying to pull? How are they trying to trap me?
I thought. I couldn’t imagine I was worth anyone’s time, money, pain, or inconvenience. I didn’t see myself as a blessing, so how could I trust in unconditional love? When you see yourself as a burden, nothing is free—especially love.”
― Lacey Sturm, The Mystery: Finding True Love in a World of Broken Lovers

“Romance, friendship, leadership, and love have turned out to be so much more than I ever thought they could be. All earthly versions of these things are merely dark reflections of heavenly ones.”
― Lacey Sturm, The Reason: How I Discovered a Life Worth Living