Barbara Olaewe

“The truth is, joy is not waiting somewhere out there. It’s right here within our reach—if we’re willing to do the hard work of choosing it.”
― Lynn Cowell, Magnetic: Becoming the Girl He Wants

“The best gift of Christmas is a child, of course. But the next best is giving time and talent to help one another.”
― Mary Connealy, Hope for the Holidays Historical Collection

“God is a good horseman. He waits while we circle the fences of our lives—whatever they are, whether it be a bad childhood, or a destructive habit, family problems, an addiction, a personal tragedy, an inability to forgive someone else or to allow ourselves to ask forgiveness, or believe we deserve it. The Good Horseman waits, and each time we turn and look at Him, He stretches out His hand, slow and quiet, until finally, sooner or later, we reach for it, and we come to the center with Him, and find that peace was waiting there all along.”
― Lisa Wingate, Word Gets Around

“It’s not about you. It’s not about me. This life that we live, the reason we’re here. It’s only when we see our lives through eternal eyes that we find true peace or wealth that will last. Real security can only be found in that which can never be taken from you . . . in a relationship with God.”
― Tamera Alexander, Rekindled