“Things which sound like platitudes become vital, living and powerful when you have to learn them in dark tunnels.”
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“God withholds blessing only in wisdom, never in spite or aloofness.”
― Through Gates of Splendor
― Through Gates of Splendor
“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.”
― To Kill a Mockingbird
― To Kill a Mockingbird
“We are women, and my plea is Let me be a woman, holy through and through, asking for nothing but what God wants to give me, receiving with both hands and with all my heart whatever that is.”
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“Choices will continually be necessary and -- let us not forget -- possible. Obedience to God is always possible. It is a deadly error to fall into the notion that when feelings are extremely strong we can do nothing but act on them.”
― Discipline: The Glad Surrender
― Discipline: The Glad Surrender
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