Jennifer

“It's not our job to forgive ourselves. We can't. We don't have the power. We don't have the ability. We don't have the right standing with God for that. Forgive ourselves? Really? How would anybody actually go about doing that? If you could forgive yourself, there would be no need for Jesus, right? And if there's no need for Jesus, then this whole Christianity thing is false and we have wasted our lives.”
― Jamie Ivey, If You Only Knew: My Unlikely, Unavoidable Story of Becoming Free

“When we hide the mess we've been through, we also hide the redemption that God has lavishly poured on us. We can't proclaim His grace until we expose our mess.”
― Jamie Ivey, If You Only Knew: My Unlikely, Unavoidable Story of Becoming Free

“I sighed, wondering why no one had every invented an easy-to-follow recipe for boys. But then I knew the answer. Because no one understood boys well enough to write one.”
― Suzanne Nelson

“I've never considered any book, especially a novel or work of literature, something you should 'plow through.' The whole point of reading is savor ing the story, immersing your self in a whole new place. Maybe one that doesn't even exist.”
― Laura Taylor Namey, The Library of Lost Things