Deanna Peshl

“We cannot reduce people's whole lives into one sweeping, judgmental statement filled with condemnation. Jesus never did that.”
― Brian Houston, Live Love Lead: Your Best Is Yet to Come!

“All sons should write down every word of what their fathers have to say to them. I tried. Why did it take an illness for me to recognize the value of time with him? It seems we humans never learn. And so we relearn the lesson every generation and then want to write epistles. We proselytize to our friends and shake them by the shoulders and tell them, “Seize the day! What matters is this moment!”
― Abraham Verghese, Cutting for Stone

“Sometimes I think we spend a lot of time fleeing from the devil, when we really need to stand our ground. The Bible doesn't teach us to flee from the devil; it teaches us to draw near to God, to resist the devil, so he will flee from you. We don't need to worry about running away from the devil and trying to hide from him. We simply need to focus on drawing near to God and his purpose for our lives. This is how we can best resist the devil. When he sees us drawing closer and closer to God, when he watches as our faith muscles grow bigger and stronger, he's forced to accept defeat.”
― Brian Houston, Live Love Lead: Your Best Is Yet to Come!

“Faith is something that looks backward - we remember the ways God has come through for his people, and for us, and our belief is strengthened that he will come through again. Love is exercised in the present moment; we love in the "now." Hope reaches into the future to take hold of something we do not yet have, may not even see.”
― John Eldredge, All Things New: Heaven, Earth, and the Restoration of Everything You Love