Karen

“When you only do what is expected of you, you never learn what you would've done had you chosen for yourself.”
― Susan Meissner, The Shape of Mercy

“I used to think mercy meant showing kindness to someone who didn't deserve it, as if only the recipient defined the act. The girl in between has learned that mercy is defined by its giver. Our flaws are obvious, yet we are loved and able to love, if we choose, because there is that bit of the divine still smoldering in us.”
― Susan Meissner, The Shape of Mercy

“If the Almighty directs our steps, we've no need to look back over our shoulders.”
― Liz Curtis Higgs, Here Burns My Candle

“Faith don't come in a bushel basket, Missy. It come one step at a time. Decide to trust Him for one little thing today, and before you know it, you find out He's so trustworthy you be putting your whole life in His hands.”
― Lynn Austin, Candle in the Darkness