Bethany

“Well, just remember this. When my ma got me, she picked what she wanted. But when your ma got you, she had to take what she got.”
― Karen Abbott, American Rose: A Nation Laid Bare: The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee

“God plants His saints in the most useless places. We say, 'God intends me to be here because I am so useful.' Jesus never estimated His life along the line of the greatest use. God puts His saints where they will glorify Him, and we are no judge at all of where that is.”
― Oswald Chambers

“Adoption is grief in reverse.”
― Jody Cantrell Dyer, The Eye of Adoption: The True Story of My Turbulent Wait for a Baby

“Evangelicalism has taken the Extrovert Ideal to its logical extreme...If you don't love Jesus out loud, then it must not be real love. It's not enough to forge your own spiritual connection to the divine; it must be displayed publicly.”
― Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking