Jessica White > Jessica's Quotes

“Whenever people annoy me beyond reason, I can guarantee it’s because they’re demonstrating something I’d rather not see in myself.”
― Nadia Bolz-Weber, Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People

“I say no when I should say yes. I say yes when I should say no. I stumble into holy moments not realizing where I am until they are over. I love poorly, then accidently say the right thing at the right moment without even realizing it, then forget what matters, then show tenderness when it’s needed, and then turn around and think of myself way too often.”
― Nadia Bolz-Weber, Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People

“The truth of the gospel is intended to free us to love God and others with our whole heart. When we ignore this heart aspect of our faith and try to live out our religion solely as correct doctrine or ethics, our passion is crippled, or perverted, and the divorce of our soul from the heart purposes of God toward us is deepened. The”
― John Eldredge, The Sacred Romance: Drawing Closer to the Heart of God

“Who am I really? The answer to that question is found in the answer to another. What is God's heart toward me, or, how do I affect him? If God is the Pursuer, the Ageless Romancer, the Lover, then there has to be a Beloved, one who is the Pursued. This is our role in the story.”
― John Eldredge, The Sacred Romance: Drawing Closer to the Heart of God