Faith

“I'm Peter on the mountaintop, stirring to see The Glory in all its God-radiance, stammering out that it's good to be here; let's build shelters and never depart. But there's always the descent from the mount. The meeting of the crowd, the complaining, the cursing. Page 124”
― Ann Voskamp, One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are

“Lament is a cry of belief in a good God. ... Complaint is the bitter howl of unbelief in any benevolent God...”
― Ann Voskamp, One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are

“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them”
― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid

“If it were up to me..." and then the words pound, desperate and hard, "I'd write this story differently."...

"Just that maybe... maybe you don't want to change the story, because you don't know what a different ending holds."

The words I choked out that dying, ending day, echo. Pierce. There's a reason I am not writing the story and God is. He knows how it all works out, where it all leads, what it all means.

I don't.”
― Ann Voskamp, One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are