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“What if my greatest disappointments, or the aching of this life, is the revealing of a greater thirst this world can't satisfy?”
― Laura Story

“God has given you talents and opportunities. Seize them today -- not tomorrow.”
― Laura Story, What if Your Blessings Come Through Raindrops

“During the wait, which eventually stretched over two days and nights, my favorite visitors were the ones who said the three magic words: not “I love you,” or even, “I am praying,” but, “Here’s your latte.” Those words made me smile each time I heard them because the people who brought me lattes weren’t trying to give me answers. They were just trying to give me coffee. They sat with me and wept with me and never said a word. They were the ones who refilled my empty cup.”
― Laura Story, When God Doesn't Fix It: Lessons You Never Wanted to Learn, Truths You Can't Live Without

“Be my God, so I can just be me.”
― Laura Story

“The answer to our whys may be obvious now, or they may never be answered in our lifetime. But even if we knew why, it’s likely we wouldn’t be satisfied with the answers anyway.”
― Laura Story, When God Doesn't Fix It: Lessons You Never Wanted to Learn, Truths You Can't Live Without

“Our hope comes in Jesus, even when he doesn’t do what we want him to do. Even when he doesn’t fix what’s broken in our life.”
― Laura Story, When God Doesn't Fix It: Lessons You Never Wanted to Learn, Truths You Can't Live Without

“I no longer believe the myth that trials are a curse. Trials are an opportunity. They are an invitation to do good works to glorify our Father in heaven, to transform our lives from the inside out, and to drive us into the arms and footsteps of Jesus.”
― Laura Story, When God Doesn't Fix It: Lessons You Never Wanted to Learn, Truths You Can't Live Without

“MYTH: THE CHURCH IS A BUILDING WITH SERVICES. TRUTH: THE CHURCH IS THE PEOPLE OF GOD AS THEY SERVE ONE ANOTHER.”
― Laura Story, When God Doesn't Fix It: Lessons You Never Wanted to Learn, Truths You Can't Live Without

“Friend, your mistakes don't define you any more than your victories do. You and I are defined by what God says about us (all those wonderful things in Ephesians 2!), not what the world says. When we've messed up, when we've hurt ourselves or others by our own selfishness, we should run toward God, not away from him! When we need mercy, we should go where mercy is found”
― Laura Story

“Am I going to let my circumstances determine my view of God, or am I going to let God determine how I view my circumstances?”
― Laura Story, When God Doesn't Fix It: Lessons You Never Wanted to Learn, Truths You Can't Live Without

“Many caretakers don’t feel appreciated. They feel unloved. They work so hard to care for someone but feel disrespected. When I point them to Scripture, they often feel like the Bible is another rule book they can never live up to. They think the reason this hard thing is happening to them is because they have failed God in some way—they didn’t pray enough, read enough Scripture, serve enough, or have morning quiet times.”
― Laura Story, When God Doesn't Fix It: Lessons You Never Wanted to Learn, Truths You Can't Live Without

“If you can forgive the person you were, accept the person you are, and believe in the person you will become, you are headed for joy. So celebrate your life.”
― Laura Story, What If Your Blessings Come Through Raindrops: A 30 Day Devotional

“God wants to restore our relationship with him more than anything else. Though he loves us, he’ll allow us to feel the pain of this world’s unhealed hurts if it brings us closer to him.”
― Laura Story, When God Doesn't Fix It: Lessons You Never Wanted to Learn, Truths You Can't Live Without

“In times of hardship and pain, we may feel abandoned by our friends, by our families, and by our Creator. But if we believe that God has left us, even for a moment, we are mistaken. God never abandons us, not even when the raindrops are falling in buckets. Through every storm of life, He is ever-present, offering us His grace, His love, and His mercies.”
― Laura Story, What If Your Blessings Come Through Raindrops: A 30 Day Devotional

“Have you guys really prayed about this?” “Have you prayed in faith for him to be healed?” They imply that we haven’t prayed long or hard enough, used the right words, or sufficiently trusted God, and that’s why Martin wasn’t healed. In those moments, I want to respond, “Oh, faith! That’s a great idea! We should try that. Until now, we’ve haven’t been praying in faith, we’ve been praying in the sandbox!”
― Laura Story, When God Doesn't Fix It: Lessons You Never Wanted to Learn, Truths You Can't Live Without

“Worshipping God was an act of David’s will, not his emotions.”
― Laura Story, When God Doesn't Fix It: Lessons You Never Wanted to Learn, Truths You Can't Live Without

“Our desire is for God to fix broken things. But God’s desire for us is to fix our relationship with him. There”
― Laura Story, When God Doesn't Fix It: Lessons You Never Wanted to Learn, Truths You Can't Live Without

“God loves you so much that he gave his life for you. He didn't even have to think twice. He wants nothing but what's best for you, and he's more than worthy of your trust. Surrendering to him is no risk at all when you consider the height and depth and breadth of his love.”
― Laura Story

“The story of God's love is that his heart was broken for me and for you so that whatever broken-heartedness we walk through will only be a faint reflection of what he endured for us.”
― Laura Story

“God sent Jesus not only to redeem people but to redeem all things. So just as Jesus came to heal our broken relationship with God, he also came to heal the consequences of the broken world we live in.”
― Laura Story, When God Doesn't Fix It: Lessons You Never Wanted to Learn, Truths You Can't Live Without

“When friends betray us
When darkness seems to win
We know that pain reminds this heart
That this is not,
This is not our home
It's not our home

'Cause what if your blessings come through rain drops
What if Your healing comes through tears
What if a thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know You're near

What if my greatest disappointments or the aching of this life
Is the revealing of a greater thirst this world can't satisfy
What if trials of this life
The rain, the storms, the hardest nights
Are your mercies in disguise”
― Laura Story

“The Bible isn’t just a book of clever greeting card slogans and memorable stories. If you’re reading your Bible merely for “inspiration” to get you through the day, you are missing the meat of it. There is so much more to be discovered.”
― Laura Story, When God Doesn't Fix It: Lessons You Never Wanted to Learn, Truths You Can't Live Without

“Joy does not depend upon your circumstances, but upon your relationship with God.”
― Laura Story, What If Your Blessings Come Through Raindrops: A 30 Day Devotional

“We want our faith to be “perfect and complete.” But who wants to go through trials to make it happen? The problem is, perseverance doesn’t come from listening to a sermon. There is no inspirational bestseller we can read that will help us plumb the depths of our faith. We don’t become perfect and complete by sitting in church. We learn who he really is during the most desperate part of our trials. It’s about meeting God where and when we need him most. Sure, our faith grows through reading Scripture and praying, but just as we don’t know the strength of our body until we test it in a physical challenge, our faith isn’t perfected until it’s been tested in a spiritual challenge.”
― Laura Story, When God Doesn't Fix It: Lessons You Never Wanted to Learn, Truths You Can't Live Without

“If there's anything more exhausting than running from your enemies, it must be running from your true identity in God. If there's anything more dangerous than waiting on God, it must be refusing to wait and taking your future into your own hands.”
― Laura Story

“Reflecting back on those memories, I realized I learned not only my love of music in church, but also my theology through those hymns. It was through the lyrics we sang that I learned who God was and the attributes of his character.”
― Laura Story, When God Doesn't Fix It: Lessons You Never Wanted to Learn, Truths You Can't Live Without

“...it is impossible to accept anything from God when you're holding on tightly to something else, even if it's your own pride. Receiving one thing new always requires the letting go of something else.”
― Laura Story

“Faith is unutterable trust in God, trust which never dreams that He will not stand by us. Oswald Chambers”
― Laura Story, What If Your Blessings Come Through Raindrops: A 30 Day Devotional

“I had bowed to the idol of efficiency and hadn’t properly or lovingly consulted Martin’s input.”
― Laura Story, When God Doesn't Fix It: Lessons You Never Wanted to Learn, Truths You Can't Live Without

“I met a woman once who was married for twenty years to an unfaithful husband before they divorced. She spent the next two decades asking why and being bitter toward God. Twenty years after her divorce, she still had no answers—only bitterness. But now, she has lost forty years of her life to the jerk she married. How would her life have been different after her divorce if she’d moved from why to how?”
― Laura Story, When God Doesn't Fix It: Lessons You Never Wanted to Learn, Truths You Can't Live Without