Sarah Sundin Quotes

Oh Lord, that's it, isn't it? That's trust. I have to trust you even if he rapes me. You'll be with me. You'll help me through somehow.

I think God would say he believes in libraries. Think about how the Lord loves words. He spoke the universe into being, and He gave us His word both in written form and living form. Since the Lord knows everything, I reckon that makes Him the ultimate library.

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Long ago she'd clamped an iron shell around her heart and nothing and no one could pry it lose, but deep inside the tender flesh still beat.

So this was friendship - the pain of ripping open one's heart rewarded with intimacy and understanding.

A surge of rightness and determination rushed into his chest. If he showed Mary his interest, told her how he felt, maybe her heart would bend to him. Even if it didn't, even if he made a complete fool of himself and lost his friendship with her, it was the true thing to do. True to his heart, true to where God seemed to be leading him.

of course you understand why he can't forgive you because you can't forgive yourself. You don't even believe God forgave you...if you did you'd shove off that shame. Jesus forgave you. Why can't you? Why can't Jack?

And you did see me.' She opened the door wide. 'I'm sorry you didn't like what you saw.

Jealousy destroyed all it touched, and Ray refused to indulge

Lord, no more,' he whispered. 'I won't do it anymore. What I did that night was wrong, but living in shame is wrong too. You never excused my actions, but you forgave me. And I - I forgive me too.

God isn't like a candy machine. We can't insert a good deed and receive a blessing. Then we'd be in charge, not him.

They deserve our prayers, not our gossip.

All he wanted was to show her she was worthy of a long journey, worthy of an apology, worthy of love. She didn't have to accept any of it, but she needed to know.

Only then did she realize no one was chanting or laughing or staring at her anymore. How strange that she'd dissipated the attention by accepting it and stepping into the limelight for one blissful moment.

When we're not following God's will, our sacrifices aren't acceptable to Him. What God wants most is for us to be broken before Him, walk with Him, know Him, and obey Him.

He raged and questioned and mourned. Eventually he found peace - not peace like some still pond, but peace like a river, jostling over rocks, hurtling over falls, whirling in eddies. Authentic, rugged peace.

Sometimes the Lord wants us to fight, but sometimes he wants us to surrender. Surrender can require a lot more courage than fighting.

Forgiveness doesn't require approval," she said. "God never approves of sin, but he still forgives us.

Oh, what one kiss could do.

Do you see? Isn't it incredible?' Wyatt's voice shook with excitement. 'No matter what - when life feels as light as the morning or as dark as the depths of the sea, He's there. His hand leads us and holds us.'

The words prickled and poked and rearranged things inside her, a most unsettling feeling, but it didn't unsettle Wyatt. It energized him.

Jesus didn't take away her tears, he received them. He didn't take away the memories, he shared them. He didn't take away the hurts, he felt them. Somehow, with the Lord, she could bear it.

Ah, you can't think when you're in love.

Silver had its own worth, its own beauty, a quieter beauty, a beauty that reflected rather than called attention to itself. There was nothing wrong with that, and nothing wrong with her. Someday, a man would come along who preferred silver.

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More importantly, he hoped she'd see the Lord in a new light. If he could help reunite those two ... well, that would be even better than winning her heart.

She kissed him back, opening every cavern of her heart for him to explore, to own, to love.

But the Bible said, "There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear," and Mary would rest in that. If she loved Jim--and she was pretty sure she did--then fear had no place. Her fear would only burden him and paralyze her. The Lord loved Jim and would keep him safe, even if safety lay in heaven rather than on earth.

Ruth wiped her eyes. Successful at a price? Forgiven but damaged? She wished so much more for her baby sister.

I don't know.' Wyatt frowned at the painting overhead with its patch of golden daffodils. 'That's truthful too. Those up there - light and joy and life. These down here - darkness and ruin and death. One isn't truer than another. Just different aspects of truth.

I thought it would fix everything, but it just made everything worse. Lies do. Remember when I told you white lies were like ball bearings in the machinery of society? Wrong. Lies are like incendiary bombs, burning and melting and mangling everything- trust, hopes, everyone you love.

She'd assumed God made them to spite her, but Wyatt said it with warmth, as if God made them because He liked freckles, because He specifically liked them on her.