Cortney Joy

“In Romans 3:23, Paul describes sin5 as coming “short of the glory of God.” In other words, we sin whenever we act in a way that does not reflect His nature, whenever we are not glorious like He is glorious. But rather than a condemnation of our humanity, this is a judgment of our fallenness—a judgment of how far we have come from the glory God originally meant for us! We were created for glory, to display the majesty of God’s nature in our own; but instead, we now reflect lesser glories.”
― Hannah Anderson, Made For More: An Invitation to Live in God's Image

“Faith does not pretend that it is easy to believe what God reveals about Himself. Faith does not push aside or deny the difficulties. Faith simply commits to taking the questions back to Him and believes that He will have the answers.”
― Hannah Anderson, Made For More: An Invitation to Live in God's Image

“What greater wealth is there than to own your life and to spend it on growing? Every living thing must grow. It can't stand still. It must grow or perish.”
― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

“The LORD your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing" (Zeph. 3:17).”
― Richard D. Phillips, The Masculine Mandate: God's Calling to Men