Emily

“That evil was a nameless evil, an evil whose name was Gnag the Nameless.”
― Andrew Peterson, On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness

“It takes courage, humiliating courage, to step aside from your own sovereignty and imagined control and begin looking for the gift that comes unmerited. Yes, I’m talking about grace. Grace by my definition is the gift that comes unearned. In a world of unbelievably able bodies, where new diets are fashioned every day to keep my brand of story away, it is hard to realize you may be living in the middle of the best story ever told. That the story of breast cancer could possibly be a good story? A great story even? It would be easier to shake my fist at the test results and scream that this isn’t the right story, but to receive—humbly receive—the story no one would ever want, and know there is goodness in the midst of its horror, is not something I could ever do in my own strength. I simply cannot. That receiving comes from the One who received His own suffering for a much greater purpose than my own.”
― Kara Tippetts, The Hardest Peace: Expecting Grace in the Midst of Life's Hard

“... to pause is to win & to rest can actually be part of the victory.”
― Annie F. Downs, Looking for Lovely: Collecting the Moments that Matter

“...the definition of agape is loving a person for exactly who they are - not who we hope they'll become with enough fixing.”
― Hannah Brencher, If You Find This Letter: My Journey to Find Purpose Through Hundreds of Letters to Strangers