On Hope Quotes
Humility: The most quietly profound professor in the university of Christian living.
All these many-coloured feelings fell... like light on a black surface, producing no change, meeting no return.
Be comforted! If there are people who can't stand to be around you, just remember that darkness hates light and deceit hates truth.
Faith is the light that chases the darkness of doubt away." el
It takes great courage and determination, to keep looking for light in all the darkness of life.
The struggle to keep aroused emotions within proper boundaries is won by putting a conscious leash on them and leading them like junkyard dogs right to the throne of grace
Strangers were a fairytale full of possibilities not yet corrupted by reality while caregivers were the reality – and everything that couldn't be counted upon.
I have learnt that trusting another takes a leap of faith
I will never ask of you the impossible, I just ask you to love me in the best way you can.
It is funny how when you have been hurt in love and you fall in love again, every reason you have for loving that person is both enough and not, all at once.
Marriage is not essential to the contentment, the dignity, or the happiness of woman.
If there had once been a chance and there had once been love, then it will still be there in spite of time and obstacles. If you can get past that, you can get past a lot.
People can change their external lives with religion, but a lasting internal change only happens through a daily relationship with Jesus.
No relationship, Chrissy, I don't care how truly, madly, deeply it is...No relationship survives on hope. It's forgiveness that keeps it alive.
Pray and read your Bible daily. God has all the answers you seek
You can. It's not a matter of feeling it, it's a matter of doing it - making the decision to bend that iron will of yours in God's direction so that He can hear your prayers and unleash blessings.
We are not defined by what knocks us down - we are defined by how we get back up
A sinner’s humanity will cause him to fall from grace again and again, but his human pride, ego, or feeling of unworthiness should not prevent him from seeking God’s forgiveness again and again.
Forgiveness in no way requires you to trust the one you forgive. It doesn't mean the relationship must be restored. p. 61
I always welcomed the comforting cloak of night except for the times when I lost something in it.
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.
He passed through her with his soul caressing hers goodbye. And in that final hour he was with her one last time.
There was healing in the tyranny, and tyranny in the healing.
In this waiting, there is witness.
The line between the living and the dead may not be much of a line at all, but the terrain is not for the weak of heart.
Honoring a life is honoring the wide open space of wilderness and unknowing where the sacred dwells.
Resurrection does not come without crucifixion, and you cannot celebrate Easter without living Good Friday.
Are we meant to be pilgrims of the depths?
What is known might sometimes sustain us, but what is unknown will save us.
Grief would weave itself among the threads of love and life and hope, and I was starting to believe that what came of it all would still one day be beautiful.
I felt bad for trying to live a happy, full life, while my heart was buried in a dead man’s chest.
He wept bitter tears over the death of his enemy. It was his enemy, after all, who knew him best and kept him up at night.
Our job on earth isn't to criticize, reject, or judge. Our purpose is to offer a helping hand, compassion, and mercy. We are to do unto others as we hope they would do unto us.