Shannah Mauney

“There were no wracking sobs today, not like that day at the depot when he'd finally set free so many years of furrowed hurt. Let his dad encircle him with all the strength and comfort he'd pushed away since the day he'd left town. It has been an unshackling. A letting go.

Today was a holding on. To courage in the midst of fear. To faith in the midst of uncertainty.
To a father's love he knew had never once wavered.”
― Melissa Tagg, Keep Holding On

“Dan came around the pulpit. "If you're standing in a place today where you know you need more--healing, hope, a glimpse that there is a happy ending--it's time to become a rebel. To do something daring and wild and reach out for grace, even though it doesn't make sense. But I warn you, once you embrace Christ, you too become a rule breaker. Because a life committed to God requires us to live uncomfortably. Inconveniently. Accountably. Bravely. Transparently. Vulnerably. It requires us to love without rules. Welcome to Grace.”
― Susan May Warren, You're the One that I Want

“So . . . I am the someone you were speaking of earlier?
Yes. You're my someone.
You're my someone, too.”
― Becky Wade, True to You

“When you can't trust others, and you can't trust yourself, you can always trust God. He'll carry you through whatever comes your way.”
― Denise Hunter, Falling Like Snowflakes