Rachelle Dekker > Quotes

“The truth is beautiful, like you. The truth is you have been made perfect and are wholly loved. Chosen simply because you breathe, because you exist, because of who created you.”
― Rachelle Dekker, The Choosing

“I believe the flower’s purpose is not to be beautiful; it is to grow. Many seeds shrivel in the ground, but this one grew, and therefore it has been picked already, it is chosen already, it is beautiful already.”
― Rachelle Dekker, The Choosing

“Fear is an illusion”
― Rachelle Dekker, The Choosing

“You are the daughter of your Father, inheritor of the Earth, beautiful and blameless, chosen.”
― Rachelle Dekker, The Choosing

“Hear and believe, even in the storm. When it grows dark, find your song of truth, and then even in the darkness you will know who you are.”
― Rachelle Dekker, The Choosing

“Beautiful. Worthy of the highest love. Powerful and perfect. Beautiful is my daughter.”
― Rachelle Dekker, The Choosing

“What are we without belief, without purpose?”
― Rachelle Dekker, The Choosing

“Never run from fear. Walk through the fear. Only in facing fear can you let it go. Remember who you are.”
― Rachelle Dekker, The Returning

“I believe that there is a perfect plan set before each of us, and when we follow that plan things work out exactly as they should. For example, many would not believe we were meant to be a part of each other’s paths, yet here we are”
― Rachelle Dekker, The Choosing

“It is only by believing that you can save your life. Only when you believe in your true Father, only when you know who you are and who lives within you, can you be truly saved.”
― Rachelle Dekker, The Choosing

“I know we are raised to believe that our lives are defined by being chosen or not being chosen, but I’m starting to think there’s another truth we’re missing”
― Rachelle Dekker, The Choosing

“You can't lose this war, because your Father has already won. This isn't a battle of skin and bones, flesh and blood. This is about your faith, about your identity. When you discover who you truly are, you discover there is no war left to fight at all.”
― Rachelle Dekker, The Calling

“Please don't let the thing He loves so much be fooled by darkness.”
― Rachelle Dekker, The Choosing

“What if I don’t want to be chosen?” “Hush! All girls want to be chosen. God commands it. Otherwise, you’ll live a life of solitude, never to be a wife or have children. Would you rather have that?” “But why do I have to work to be picked? Why can’t I just pick for myself without all this work?” “Because that is not the law.” “It’s a stupid law,” Carrington says under her breath. “Carrington Hale, you will not speak about the law this way. The law saved our race, our people. You wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for the Authority and the true law.”
― Rachelle Dekker, The Choosing

“No, I can’t say I don’t feel fear, but that’s because life is a series of forgetting and remembering. Only when I forget who I am does the fear invade. I just have to remember.”
― Rachelle Dekker, The Choosing

“Fear is real; we know this, but it only has the power we give to it. Take away its power and what is it? Don't shove it down or pretend it doesn't exist. See what you are afraid of and trust that your faith and your Father are bigger. All that is supposed to happen will happen. You are afraid for Elise because you don't know what will happen to her while you are gone, but trust that your Father does.”
― Rachelle Dekker

“Remember, we all have our place”
― Rachelle Dekker, The Choosing

“Is that what living is for you? Breathing? We'' just end up right back where we started. Living isn't about flesh and bone and breathing. It's about faith. Faith that surpasses fear. Faith in something bigger than yourself. That's what we're doing here, showing people how to live!”
― Rachelle Dekker, The Calling

“True freedom, freedom from the pain that latched itself to your memories, was only obtained by surrender.”
― Rachelle Dekker, The Calling

“When through fiery trials thy pathway shall lie, my grace, all-sufficient, shall be thy supply.”
― Rachelle Dekker, When Through Deep Waters

“Is that what living is for you? Breathing? We'll just end up right back where we started. Living isn't about flesh and bone and breathing. It's about faith. Faith that surpasses fear. Faith in something bigger than yourself. That's what we're doing here, showing people how to live!”
― Rachelle Dekker, The Calling

“The more you practice surrendering and trusting, the easier it will become.” Carrington knew Larkin’s words were true, but it was too hard not to tease her.”
― Rachelle Dekker, The Calling

“Good—you should tremble. No kingdom created by man shall endure,”
― Rachelle Dekker, The Returning

“Do you honestly believe that this is the life you were created to live? That this is the way your true Father intended for you to live? That your choices are invalid or that your worth is measurable?”
― Rachelle Dekker, The Choosing

“Perfect love held no record of wrongs; it didn’t keep score and tally blame. A strong wind encircled the valley and swept through the ends of her hair. It filled her with assurance, and she smiled.”
― Rachelle Dekker, The Returning

“Shame will be your accuser; it will try to blind you. Learning to let it go will be your greatest struggle and your greatest gift. I know, because it has been mine. Listen to the voice of love that holds no record of wrong, and when the accuser comes to remind you of your inadequacies, hear the voice of love in the stillness singing the song of your true identity.”
― Rachelle Dekker, When Through Deep Waters

“Like a sneaky little fox, suddenly the truth of your identity is replaced by the illusion of your mistakes.”
― Rachelle Dekker, The Returning

“Be careful not to lose yourself in trying to help him find his way. Trust that the path he is on is exactly where he's supposed to be.”
― Rachelle Dekker, The Calling

“Grief is real and painful, but it is not the end of us or the ones we’ve lost. Every day that I change and see change around me, I see Arianna. Larkin will always be with you. Always.”
― Rachelle Dekker, The Calling

“It took me a long time to learn that faith’s purpose is not to release you from life’s trials. Faith gives you the strength to see the trial fully and know that this too shall pass. To hold nothing against the world or the trial before you. To practice true forgiveness.”
― Rachelle Dekker, The Returning