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“I fell in love with her when we were together, then fell deeper in love with her in the years we were apart.”
― Nicholas Sparks, Dear John

“If you come back; I'll marry you. If you break your promise, you'll break my heart”
― Nicholas Sparks, Dear John

“We are products of our past, but we don't have to be prisoners of it.”
― Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?

“Resentment always hurts you more than it does the person you resent. While your offender has probably forgotten the offense and gone on with life, you continue to stew in your pain, perpetuating the past. Listen: those who hurt you in the past cannot continue to hurt you now unless you hold on to the pain through resentment. Your past is past! Nothing will change it. You are only hurting yourself with your bitterness. For your own sake, learn from it, and then let it go.”
― Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?

“Forgiveness must be immediate, whether or not a person asks for it. Trust must be rebuilt over time. Trust requires a track record.”
― Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?

“Other people are going to find healing in your wounds. Your greatest life messages and your most effective ministry will come out of your deepest hurts.”
― Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?

“The best use of life is love. The best expression of love is time. The best time to love is now.”
― Rick Warren

“God intentionally allows you to go through painful experiences to equip you for ministry to others.”
― Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?

“If you have felt hopeless, hold on! Wonderful changes are going to happen in your life as you begin to live it on purpose.”
― Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?

“Because God is with you all the time, no place is any closer to God than the place where you are right now.”
― Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?

“Happy moments, PRAISE GOD
Difficult moments, SEEK GOD
Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD
Painful moments, TRUST GOD
Every moment, THANK GOD”
― Rick Warren

“God never does anything accidentally...”
― Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?

“You were born by his purpose and for his purpose.”
― Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?

“The deepest level of worship is praising God inspite of pain, trusting Him during a trial, surrendering
while suffering, and loving Him when He seems distant.”
― Rick Warren

“God is never in a hurry, but he is always on time.”
― Rick Warren

“You must begin with God.”
― Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?

“Many of your relationship problems are not really relationship problems. They're personal problems that spill over into relationships.”
― Rick Warren

“Your wisest moments will be those when you say yes to God.”
― Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?

“The New testament commanded to love each other, pray for each other, encourage each other, admonish each other, greet each other, serve each other, teach each other, accept each other, honor each other, bear each other's burdens, forgive each other, submit to each other, be devoted each other, and many other mutual tasks. This is biblical membership!”
― Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?

“Your most effective ministry will come out of your deepest hurts.”
― Rick Warren

“Forgiveness is not about forgetting. It is about letting go of another person's throat......Forgiveness does not create a relationship. Unless people speak the truth about what they have done and change their mind and behavior, a relationship of trust is not possible. When you forgive someone you certainly release them from judgment, but without true change, no real relationship can be established.........Forgiveness in no way requires that you trust the one you forgive. But should they finally confess and repent, you will discover a miracle in your own heart that allows you to reach out and begin to build between you a bridge of reconciliation.........Forgiveness does not excuse anything.........You may have to declare your forgiveness a hundred times the first day and the second day, but the third day will be less and each day after, until one day you will realize that you have forgiven completely. And then one day you will pray for his wholeness......”
― William P. Young, The Shack

“Don't ever discount the wonder of your tears. They can be healing waters and a stream of joy. Sometimes they are the best words the heart can speak.”
― William P. Young, The Shack

“I suppose that since most of our hurts come through relationships so will our healing, and I know that grace rarely makes sense for those looking in from the outside.”
― Wm. Paul Young, The Shack

“True love never forces.”
― William P. Young, The Shack

“You can kiss your family and friends good-bye and put miles between you, but a the same time you carry them with you in your heart, your mind your stomach, because you do not just live in a world but a world lives in you.”
― Wm. Paul Young, The Shack

“I give you an ability to respond and your response is to be free to love and serve in every situation, and therefore each moment is different and unique and wonderful.”
― William P. Young, The Shack

“Transformation
without work and pain, without suffering, without a sense of loss
is just an illusion of true change.”
― William P Young, Cross Roads: What If You Could Go Back and Put Things Right?

“Faith does not grow in the house of certainty.”
― WM. PAUL YOUNG

“Remember, that choosing to stay on the ground is a choice to facilitate a relationship, to honor it. You don't play a game or color a picture with a child to show your superiority. Rather, you choose to limit yourself so as to facilitate and honor that relationship... It is not about winning and losing, but about love and respect.”
― W. Paul Young, The Shack

“A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her.”
― Max Lucado