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

“Every failure is a victory in the making if you learn from it. What can you do better next time?”
― Tessa Afshar, The Royal Artisan

“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

“But I guarantee, you will let people down less often when they expect you to make mistakes than when you're maintaining the illusion of being practically flawless. You'll have a much easier time giving people grace, and you'll learn that nothing in life is better than receiving grace.”
― Jamie Ivey, If You Only Knew: My Unlikely, Unavoidable Story of Becoming Free