Gretchen Sawyer > Gretchen's Quotes

“We spend vast amounts of time and energy crafting a thesis in our heads of how life should play out. Then Almighty God spends an incredibly brief amount of time blowing our thesis to bits.”
― Ray Blackston, A Delirious Summer

“There are potholes on the road less traveled. Some deep, some not so deep, some you dig yourself. Most are filled with mud. Many contain rocks. Once in a while, however, you'll be walking along and step in one a bit more accommodating... shabby, green, and pulsing with life. It'll tickle your feet, like clover.”
― Ray Blackston, Flabbergasted

“We passed Columbia, the state furnace, inhaling hot garnet air as if straight from Aunt Bea's oven.”
― Ray Blackston, Flabbergasted

“Destructive behavior—or simply behavior that constantly annoys your spouse to the point of desperation—is not right, and there will always be a serious consequence for it in your marriage and personal life. But every attempt you make to rid yourself of that behavior and do what’s right will bring reward.
Today, ask God to help break any bad habits that you or your spouse may have.”
― Stormie Omartian, The Power of Prayer to Change Your Marriage