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"I await you, loyal servant. In my presence is fullness of joy. At my right hand are pleasures forever more. I am the happiness you have always hungered for, the pleasure you have thirsted after, the peace you have sought in long shadowy nights. The darkness is nearly done. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life."

"Of course I am going to die, Ben Fielding. As are you. The only question is 'Is this the day I die?' If it is, we should both be ready, should we not?"

"Hold on, beloved. It will not always be winter. The spring will come.
The hard ground will thaw, and the sound of it will shake the foundations of the world."

“we are products of our past, but we don't have
to be prisoners of it.”

fire me up

No one:
Elizabeth Elliot: You married a man. What did you expect?


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That day, hope was dashed-and, no matter how painful, it is always good when false hopes are dashed.
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When men know they cannot hope in a country, in a political belief, or in themselves, they become free to hope in God."

O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me, nevertheless not as I will but as thou wilt. Thou, O Jesus, in the darkness of night and grief, didst utter these words of surrender and trust to God the Father. In gratitude and love I will, in my hours of fear and desolation, say after thee, My Father, I cannot understand what thou art about but in thee do I put my trust.

“But it makes me wonder if, secretly, we don’t wish God were a genie who could deliver a few wishes here and there. and that makes me wonder if what we really want from the formulas are the wishes, not God. it makes me wonder if what we really want is control, not a relationship.”
this book is 🔥

chugging along <3

“If your knuckles are bloodier than your knees, you’re fighting the wrong battles.”

“I don’t think we get exempt from the pain because we live good lives. some circumstances we can’t control. in fact, most are truly beyond our abilities. instead, maybe it’s how we get made new. it’s one of the only times we slow down enough to listen, and receive grace, real grace.”

when the book hits at the right time in your life 🥹

“real success is measured only by the courage it takes to do and say what needs to be done or said.”

“She will love deeply- she will suffer terribly- she will have glorious moments to compensate.”

When the future looks bleak, or someone has trampled on your heart with football cleats and you are struggling with trust, there is something gripping in the word already. You are already loved. Before the foundation of the world, in a way you can never earn, beyond the validation of any human being, you are loved. The essence of what we long for is already ours, in the truest sense.

a mix between to kill a mockingbird and the outsiders

“Books can change minds and change worlds, open doors and open minds, and plant seeds that can grow into magical or even terrifying things.”