Shannon

“Insecurity (especially when it relates to our appearance) can not only lead us to reject ourselves but also leaves us more susceptible to being fully knocked out when other life rejections come our way.”
― Kait Warman, Thank You for Rejecting Me: Transform Pain into Purpose and Learn to Fight for Yourself.

“With less and less time spent with God, eternity and the desire for it would lose their golden glow and melt down into just one earthly desire, back to the one thing I’d wanted for myself—I’d find myself wishing there was someone there to sit on the couch with me when I got home at night. No, my heart whispered. I don’t want to feel that way again. I felt God whisper back, It doesn’t have to be that way. I squeezed my eyes shut, grasping at those words, wanting to feel their truth all the way to the depths of my heart.”
― Grace Thornton, I Don't Wait Anymore: Letting Go of Expectations and Grasping God's Adventure for You

“No matter. I’m a patient man."
"And a fool for love."
"Everyone’s a fool for something, Wren. Why not let it be love?”
― Catherine Doyle, Cursed Crowns

“He was ocean-size in my heart, not edgeless and unfathomable. Still massive, don’t get me wrong. Still big enough to do something about the way my life was going if He wanted to. Big enough to be at fault for the stuff that wasn’t going quite right. But not big enough to be trusted or for me to view Him as the Prize life is lived to win.”
― Grace Thornton, I Don't Wait Anymore: Letting Go of Expectations and Grasping God's Adventure for You