Elizabeth George > Quotes

“Expectations destroy our peace of mind. They are future disappointments, planned out in advance.”
― Elizabeth George

“The past can't be changed, can it? It can just be forgiven.”
― Elizabeth George

“When we hold our thoughts up against God's standards of what is true and what is real, we can recognize and, with His help, learn to release many of our negative emotions, damaging thoughts, and destructive attitudes.”
― Elizabeth George

“We are to make a plan for the day, pray over that plan, and then proceed with that plan. When we are willing to regard the unexpected as God's intervention, we can flex with the new plan, recognizing it as God's plan.”
― Elizabeth George

“When God is in sharp focus, then life is also undistorted.”
― Elizabeth George

“When we don't understand and don't agree with the way life has gone, we are to bow before God and once again confess that we can't understand His wisdom. In faith, we are to accept His wisdom, His Word, and His workings, trusting in Him and obeying His commands.”
― Elizabeth George

“...when we acknowledge God's supreme role in our life and set our mind on Him, He enables us to be women of hope.”
― Elizabeth George

“...because God knows everything about us, cares about us, helps us, and listens to us whenever we turn to Him, we are not carrying our burdens alone. We therefore have no reason to be bitter.”
― Elizabeth George

“With the help of the Lord, you can handle life's challenges and heartaches, even the valley of the shadow of death. What comfort your fainting heart has, knowing that in those stumbling times of discouragement and despair, of depletion and seeming defeat, the Shepherd will find you...restore and "fix" you...and follow you...until you are well on your way.”
― Elizabeth George, Quiet Confidence for a Woman's Heart

“So why do we worry? Why do we worry about food and clothing About finances and money? About security and the needs of life? We have Jehovah-Rohi! We have the Lord as our caring Shepherd. When fears regarding the cares of this world set in, we need to confidently lean on God's promise to care for us. Then we can declare to God, "Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You" (Psalm 56:3)”
― Elizabeth George, Quiet Confidence for a Woman's Heart

“Do you want to be safe from the influence, ways, and lusts of the world and the flesh (I John 2:16)? From the sins which so easily entangles us (Hebrews 12:1)? Then delight in yourself in the Lord, in His provision, in His Word. Faithfully feed on the things that possess true substance and real meaning. When you remember that "all Scripture is given by inspiration by God and is profitable" (2 Timothy 3:16) and partake of such divine substance, then you are fed, you are led and you are safe!”
― Elizabeth George, Quiet Confidence for a Woman's Heart

“God has plans for you and His plans are for good because God Himself is good. He can neither think nor do evil.”
― Elizabeth George

“As we come to know God better, we will also find it easier to know, follow, and accept His will for our life.”
― Elizabeth George

“good, better, best,
never let it rest,
until your good is better,
and your better best.
”
― Elizabeth George, A Young Woman After God's Own Heart

“The Shepherd knows our path. And He also knows His sheep and what it takes to prepare us for the journey. And so the Shepherd makes us lie down to fortify us for the trek. He makes certain we won't tire, that we're not at risk because of weariness, that we're invigorated from our pasture-time for any strenuous climb. With His eye on tomorrow, He leads on today.”
― Elizabeth George, Quiet Confidence for a Woman's Heart

“And now, dear Lord, I acknowledge afresh that You are the God of all peace, my Jehovah-Shalom. My job is to receive. you give me Your peace. My job is to take it. You lead me to Your still waters. My role is to follow. You extend Your hand. My role is to take hold. My I enjoy Your presence and the tranquility of the still waters where You pour out your promise of peace. Amen.”
― Elizabeth George, Quiet Confidence for a Woman's Heart

“What a blessing to be able to leave the cares of life for a brief period and spend time in the outstretched arms of your Shepherd, rubbing, as it were, your cheek against His face in intimate fellowship through prayer.”
― Elizabeth George, Quiet Confidence for a Woman's Heart

“...raucous heavy metal of punk guitars screeching like robots put to the rack...”
― Elizabeth George, In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner

“By prolonged and continued fellowship, the sheep who follow nearby enjoy the shepherd's presence and become his familiar companions. To those closest to him, he shares the choicest portions of the food he's gathered. These happy and content sheep are never in danger. Why? Because they are near the shepherd!”
― Elizabeth George, Quiet Confidence for a Woman's Heart

“We find hope in a hostile place when we focus on the goodness of God as revealed in His promises. In other words, hope and security come when we - like the Israelites - acknowledge God's love for us.”
― Elizabeth George

“Because of God's knowledge, you and I are always understood.”
― Elizabeth George

“When and how the most painful of situations is going to be resolved and redeemed is no mystery to God. Knowing this truth about God's complete knowledge really does help me accept the unacceptable in my life.”
― Elizabeth George

“He managed to make his request with the minimum of time given to speculating what she looked like naked, forgiving himself for the instant of fantasy by telling himself it was the curse of being male. In the presence of a beautiful woman, he had always experienced that knee-jerk reaction to being reduced - if only momentarily - to skin, bone, and testosterone.”
― Elizabeth George

“I've always found that a rather unfortunate quirk in our species. Everyone pants towards orgasm without pausing to realise that its merely a biological trap designed for the purpose of reproduction. What utter nonsense.”
― Elizabeth George

“... there are no mistakes. There are only our wishes our actions and the consequences that follow both. There are only events how we cope with them and what we learn from the coping.”
― Elizabeth George

“If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn't thinking.”
― Elizabeth George

“Barbara wanted to go to tea at Dorchester as much as she wanted to give birth to octuplets.”
― Elizabeth George, Believing the Lie: An Inspector Lynley Novel

“What is a godly mother? A godly mother is one who loves the Lord her God with all her heart, soul, mind, and strength and then passionately, consistently, and unrelentingly teaches her child to do the same.”
― Elizabeth George

“Everything in our lives," she said quietly, "leads up to everything else in our lives. So a moment in the present has a reference point, both in the past and in the future. I want you to know that you--as you are right now and as you ever wil be--are fully enough for this moment . . .”
― Elizabeth George