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“I learned that faith isn’t about knowing all of the right stuff or obeying a list of rules. It’s something more, something more costly because it being present and making a sacrifice. Perhaps that’s why Jesus is sometimes called Immanuel - “God with us.” I think that’s what God had in mind, for Jesus to be present, to just be with us. It’s also what He has in mind for us when it comes to other people.”
― Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World
― Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World
“Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty… I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.”
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“Love, in its own way, had been creating a home for all of us as we searched for that place where we belonged. Love was home.”
― The Last Year of the War
― The Last Year of the War
“Sometimes what you want is given to you in a way that is so very different from how you had pictured getting it”
― The Last Year of the War
― The Last Year of the War
“I think God sometimes uses the completely inexplicable events in our lives to point us toward Him. We get to decide each time whether we will lean in toward what is unfolding and say yes or back away. The folks who were following Jesus in Galilee got to decide the same thing each day because there was no road map, no program, and no certainty. All they had was this person, an idea, and an invitation to come and see.”
― Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World
― Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World
Joelyn’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Joelyn’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
381 books
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36 friends
120 books
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83 friends
671 books
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188 friends
41 books
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24 friends
253 books
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195 friends
173 books
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74 friends
191 books
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59 friends
2,541 books
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168 friends
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