Ellia ((♪☆♪Jesus is King!♪☆♪) > Ellia ((♪☆♪Jesus is King!♪☆♪)'s Quotes

“I am very serious when I say this, beware of your dreams, for dreams make dangerous friends. We all have them—longings for a better life, a healthy child, a happy marriage, rewarding work. But dreams are, I have come to believe, misplaced longings. False lovers. Why? Because God is enough. Just God. And he isn’t “enough” because he can make our dreams come true—no, you’ve got him confused with Santa or Merlin or Oprah. The God who created the universe is enough for us—even without our dreams.”
― Phil Vischer, Me, Myself, and Bob: A True Story About Dreams, God, and Talking Vegetables

“Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see.”
― C.S. Lewis

“What do you do when you’re hurt?” I stuttered, trying hard to keep my burning tears back so I wouldn’t cry in front of him, even though I had no doubt he’d be a safe person to cry to. “I curse,” he stated matter-of-factly. “And trust me, sailors have some very creative ones. I’d demonstrate, but I’m afraid they’re too indelicate for a lady’s ears.”
― Camille Peters, Voyage

“Books! How she loved books. The clean or musty smell, depending on the books age. The weightiness in her hands. The joy of discovery as the words printed on a piece of paper formed pictures in her mind. Was there anything more magical or satisfying than a book?”
― Kim Vogel Sawyer , The Librarian of Boone's Hollow

“I have learned to kiss the wave that throws me against the Rock of Ages.”
― Amanda Dykes, Whose Waves These Are

“The strength of the storm does not change whose waves these are. There is One mightier still.”
― Amanda Dykes, Whose Waves These Are

“I didn’t feel like a whole person. Just a handful of pieces, not sure how they all fit together.”
― Amanda Dykes, Whose Waves These Are

“I sometimes think, when our dreams seem impossible to us, perhaps we just haven't seen yet how God will chase after our hearts with those very dreams, in the unlikeliest ways.”
― Amanda Dykes, Born of Gilded Mountains