Laura A. Grace > Laura's Quotes

“But all of us, in some way, reflect an image of God-of who He is. So who's to say what's right or what's wrong about how we look?
-Twila”
― Ginny L. Yttrup, Invisible

“Sometimes keeping a secret seems like the right thing to do because telling the truth might hurt someone and makes it seem like you don't love them. But really, telling the truth is the right thing to do. It's the most loving thing to do.
-Kaylee”
― Ginny L. Yttrup, Words

“I realize it's not the best timing-it's only been a month, but life isn't about waiting for perfect timing. If you're not careful, life happens while your stuck in a holding pattern”
― Lisa Wingate, Firefly Island

“I know the Infinite's voice because He tells me everything I don't want to hear, sends me where I don't want to go, and asks me to fulfill tasks I consider impossible. Above all, He is forever right.”
― R.J. Larson, Prophet

“Our trials are supposed to turn us toward God, but we whine and complain and wish someone would turn down the fire so we could have our old life back the way it was.”
― Lynn Austin, Wonderland Creek

“There's something about houses that intrigues me. I mean, they're the place where families spend all their time together, making the house filled with love, life, and laughter. I always look at houses and wonder what's going on inside. Without the people who lived in them, they're just a shell, but once they're filled, they become sacred ground, the place where memories are made.”
― Taylor Dean, I Have People

“It's an awe-filled, wonderful, terrifying act to have a child, for you suddenly wear your heart on the outside of your body. You risk a little more each day as he wanders from your arms into the world.”
― Susan May Warren, Take a Chance on Me

“Take a chance on God. After all, He took a chance on you.”
― Susan May Warren, Take a Chance on Me

“Us. We. Two of the most beautiful words in the English language. . .”
― Marianne Evans, Devotion

“Archers stood together, no matter what. Not even frilly-smelling laundry could tear them apart.”
― Karen Witemeyer, Short-Straw Bride

“Why was it that thoughts and plans always made more sense when confined to one's mind than when they exited one's mouth?”
― Karen Witemeyer, Stealing the Preacher

“If you want to protect me, prayer is just as powerful a weapon as that gun you carry.”
― Karen Witemeyer, Short-Straw Bride

“No matter how many precautions we take, none of us are truly in control. Only God can claim that kind of authority. All we can do is use the good sense he provides and trust him to guide us.”
― Karen Witemeyer, Short-Straw Bride

“The fiasco in the barn flashed through her mind. Yesterday she'd showered him with oats and today she'd pummeled him with a broom. At this rate, he'd be dead by the end of the week.”
― Karen Witemeyer, Head in the Clouds

“This table is a pigeon trap. A dozen different forks and knives and spoons. Four different goblets. All of them just waiting to be knocked over or misapplied and mishandled. It’s a wonder anyone is ever tempted to eat.”
― Siri Mitchell, She Walks in Beauty

“Sometimes fear is something we must battle through. Other times it's something the Lord gives us to warn us to take heed.”
― Lisa Tawn Bergren, Grave Consequences

“Courage is not the absence of fear, but the decision that something is more important than fear.”
― Lisa Tawn Bergren, Waterfall

“God," she said, her tone gently reproving, "brought Mr.Kensington to you, and with him, a world of potential. As I see it, each of our lives is a journey, Miss Cora. A path that takes us over the mountain or down through a dark valley. But He never abandons us. Never. That is how He cares for us - walking with us every step of the way.”
― Lisa Tawn Bergren, Glamorous Illusions

“We are well," Hugh said, looking me over with more intensity than seemed proper. "And you?"
"I'm well, thank you," I said, lying through my teeth. I'd been better the day I took to my bed with measles.”
― Lisa Tawn Bergren, Glamorous Illusions

“People ate everyday, and often times they didn't pause when standing in the fresh produce section of the grocery store to realize the magnitude of God's earth that feeds them.”
― Cindy Woodsmall, A Season for Tending

“What did an invisible God want from a bunch of frail, selfish people? The only thing Landon could figure was that He'd like for them to learn to love and help one another. Why else would they be living on such a difficult planet?”
― Cindy Woodsmall, The Winnowing Season

“I'm not so sure reading Scripture will keep us from having to face trouble as much as it will focus our attention on our Help in those times. The Bible's full of stories about good folks with troubles. Good folks. God-fearin' folks.”
― Mona Hodgson, Prairie Song

“It's your job to tell others about Jesus, about what He's done in your life and what He can do in theirs, but you can never make someone believe, no matter how strong or pure your intentions. Salvation is between that person and God,' Piper said.”
― Dani Pettrey, Stranded

“Every time that God gives us a child, it's His way of saying He trusts us-trusts us to offer love and to guide the child toward Him.”
― Tricia Goyer, A Christmas Gift for Rose

“But flowers feed our soul in a different way. They remind us of a God who creates beautiful things and takes notice of the tiniest detail”
― Tricia Goyer, A Christmas Gift for Rose

“Possible outfits rolled in her head like a slot machine in Atlantic City.”
― Terri Gillespie, She Does Good Hair

“Shira turned and blew kisses toward her clients who had pressed their faces against the salon window like children in a candy store and she their Willy Wonka of beauty.”
― Terri Gillespie, She Does Good Hair

“There's nothing wrong with that. Nothing at all. I think sometimes the Lord wants us to wonder. To ask. To share our uncertainties. He wants to give us those answers. Keep thinking. Keep wondering, Gideon.”
― Joanne Bischof, My Hope Is Found

“Courage is not a feeling. Courage is an action.”
― Liz Tolsma, Snow on the Tulips

“God wants us all to strive to grow more like Jesus, to become holy as he is holy, but God has a specific purpose for each person. How could it not be so? Everyone in a village cannot be a baker, because who would then make the candles or shoe the horses or grow the food? God says we are like a body. . . . Just as the villagers are part of a village and have different tasks, we all have tasks to do for the Lord God.”
― Melanie Dickerson, The Captive Maiden