C. Elizabeth Quotes
Love may start out as a good feeling, but to love someone long-term is an act of the will.
Make it your goal to employ the sweet speech that marks you as a wife after God's own heart.
It hadn't escaped her notice that when she let him believe the worst of her, still he vowed to stand beside her and work toward forgiveness.
You need to understand something. Forgiveness isn’t an emotion. It’s an action, and it’s a choice. It’s the choice to not let the past affect how you feel about her.
The Lord's capacity to forgive a person who is truly repentant is without limit, without qualification
Killing me will not end your grief. It will only create more of it.
Whatever you have lost there are more of, just not yours.
And that's what makes you angry. What makes you hate. You don't want to believe that sometimes bad things happen just because they do.
There is nothing like feeling truly "awake" and aware of my life and what it means to me. So I look ahead and think, "There is still so much to be done, and I will continue to make the most of it.
I would still rather feel things and live life to the fullest rather than hide in a cave and attempt to protect myself from the uncertainties of the world.
We never truly "get over" a loss, but we can move forward and evolve from it.
I believe I gather strength from the generations of women who came before me - that together we all hold the suffering of the world.
It is true that the grief journey is very lonely, but it is also up to you to decide just how lonely you will make it.
The truth is, we never know what life will bring us and we don't have as much control as we might think we have. But we CAN choose how we walk through life and how we spend our time.
You have to do what feels right for you. Do not let anyone influence you otherwise. It is your mind, your heart, and your own internal wisdom that will lead you in the direction you need to go.
Once you have walked down the grief path, what you have gained on your journey may turn into invaluable advice for someone else.
I began to feel that nature itself was nurturing me, reminding me that life still offered beauty and calm, and that I was also made out of these elements.
Each loss brings growth with it, and learning to handle new experiences and taking charge of your needs is part of the transformative process.
Remember to view yourself and your humanness with a kind heart.
Learning to live again wholeheartedly includes letting love flow freely in and out of your heart.
Some of the choices you make might not always turn out to be the best ones, but at least you are learning as you go.
She knew nothing of the massacre that went on around her, but when she released the wail of a broken hearted mother, one man heard her. The one who took her son's life.
...People are not one-dimensional. People do not live on one plane...
Paco, we are all so much more than our faults, aren’t we?
If she lives, she shall be my wedded wife. If she dies--mother, I can't speak of what I shall feel if she dies." His voice was choked in his throat.
. . . when the horror of his grief was new to him, and every object in life, however trifling or however important, seem saturated with his one great sorrow.
Strange how knowing our story had no happy ending had freed us to live in the moment. We weren’t guy and girl. We weren’t damaged and terminal. We were just now.
I had had my night of weeping...I had purged myself of useless emotions that terrible night, now every nerve every sinew, every thought was bent on a single purpose
He reminded her of the way male lions look sad, as if their nobility is a terrible weight.
He swallowed down the dry choking sobs which had been heaving up from his heart hitherto ...
Says Momma: “I got handed lemons, too, y’know but I learned how to make lemonade with them… No one ever told me I had to add sugar but that’s life for you. It ain’t sweet.
Sometimes it's the flaws that make something lovely.
Beauty is achieved through perfection of body and mind.
For the record, I'm not an indecisive person, and I'm not a coward. I just have a very detailed imaginary life, and it sometimes takes precedence over what's actually happening around me.
What is dollar value but something to amuse people who have no imagination? People who have money and no imagination follow fashion. People who have imagination and no money fashion styles.
It was pretty cool to have someone around here who didn't like the same things as everybody else.
Your husband this morning! Mine tonight! What do you take him for?''A man' smiled Cynthia. 'And therefore, if you won't let me call him changeable, I'll coin a word and call him consolable.
Nefret was still pouting when Emerson helped her into the carriage. Emerson did not observe the pout. He would not have observed it (men being what they are) even if something had not distracted him.
He gave Dancer one last pat. 'You're luckier than you know, pal. Living without a set of balls makes life a lot less complicated.
Home is the best place to teach young men and women about God’s kind of love.
The men had scattered in all directions, which men are inclined to do when women leave them to their own devices for any length of time. I believe they are easily bored.
Emerson has what I believe is called a selective memory. He can recall minute details of particular excavations but is likely to forget where he left his hat.
When we view ourselves through the lens of God's Word, we better understand God's love for us and the worth we have in His eyes.
Your assignment from God is not to change your husband, but to love, follow, assist, and minister to him.