There is so much life God has given me to live, with or without a husband, and I can’t waste it sitting in my disappointments. In fact, I refuse to. Instead, I want to drink deeply of life and let go of all the rest. And I want to do it
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“Waiting is inevitable. Waiting with hope and courage is optional.”
― Wait and See:: Finding Peace in God's Pauses and Plans
― Wait and See:: Finding Peace in God's Pauses and Plans
“God wants us to be a good example to others who are observing us.”
― God's Hand in Our Hardship
― God's Hand in Our Hardship
“David’s pause in the pasture was the way God prepared him for his next pause. God doesn’t map out His plan for us in a colorful PowerPoint presentation. Often we become frustrated in our pause, then when God says move forward, we hold back because things don’t look how we think they should”
― Wait and See:: Finding Peace in God's Pauses and Plans
― Wait and See:: Finding Peace in God's Pauses and Plans
“What victory the enemy has in winning us over to prayerlessness! He would rather we do anything than pray. He’d rather see us serve ourselves into the ground, because he knows we’ll eventually grow resentful without prayer. He’d rather see us study the Bible into the wee hours of the morning, because he knows we’ll never have deep understanding and power to live what we’ve learned without prayer. He knows prayerless lives are powerless lives, while prayerful lives are powerful lives!”
― Breaking Free: Discover the Victory of Total Surrender
― Breaking Free: Discover the Victory of Total Surrender
“There is so much life God has given me to live, with or without a husband, and I can’t waste it sitting in my disappointments. In fact, I refuse to. Instead, I want to drink deeply of life and let go of all the rest. And I want to do it with my sisters, bringing community to those who feel isolated, hope to those who feel desperate, and truth to those who feel deceived. Together, I hope we can excavate the harmful assumptions that have permeated the church for far too long, rooting them out and planting truth in their place.”
― Party of One: Truth, Longing, and the Subtle Art of Singleness
― Party of One: Truth, Longing, and the Subtle Art of Singleness
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