Lauren Compton > Lauren's Quotes

“Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.”
― Corrie ten Boom

“Surely this trial is just for a season. All I need is the strength to endure — to see through the darkness of winter to the promise of spring.”
― Tracy Leininger Craven, Alone Yet Not Alone

“Peace made him bold; his life was in God's hands, and there it would always stay. 'The Lord is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?”
― C.R. Hedgcock, Prisoner of the Pyrenees

“What a man does shows what he really believes.”
― C.R. Hedgcock, Iceland Intrigue

“We're in His hands." Abby muttered the words she and Phil had said before they left for Iceland. "May God protect us all. He always does." Her breath caught, and she turned to face the horizon with a brimming heart. "He always has.”
― C.R. Hedgcock, Iceland Intrigue

“We will meet again.” Then, in a lower tone, [Jigson] added, “Whether on this shore or the next.”
― C.R. Hedgcock, Prisoner of the Pyrenees

“To write, live.”
― C.R. Hedgcock

“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." Jim Elliot, missionary to Auca indians in Ecuador”
― Elisabeth Elliot, The Journals of Jim Elliot

“Leave it all in the Hands that were wounded for you”
― Elisabeth Elliot, Keep a Quiet Heart

“When obedience to God contradicts what I think will give me pleasure, let me ask myself if I love Him.”
― Elisabeth Elliot

“It is God to whom and with whom we travel, and while He is the end of our journey, He is also at every stopping place.”
― Elisabeth Elliot

“We never know what God has up His sleeve. You never know what might happen; you only know what you have to do now.”
― Elisabeth Elliot

“The willingness to be and to have just what God wants us to be and have, nothing more, nothing less, and nothing else, would set our hearts at rest, and we would discover the simpler life,
the greater peace.”
― Elisabeth Elliot

“I prayed the Lord would bring you home alive. That He would reveal to you the greatness of His plans above your own.”
― Amanda Tero, Quest for Leviathan

“Each of you will have times of testing in your life. But you must always remember — no matter how difficult the trial or how dense the wilderness — God will never leave you. If your hearts remain true, God promises endless blessings.”
― Tracy Leininger Craven, Alone Yet Not Alone

“Corrie, if people can be taught to hate, they can be taught to love! We must find the way, you and I, no matter how long it takes.”
― Corrie ten Boom, The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom

“Place your hand over your heart. Feel that? Feel your heart beating? Do you know what that means? It means you are still alive. And if you are still alive, it means there’s still a purpose for your life.”
― Savannah Jane McCrary, The Invisible Guide

“Though darkness now surrounds me,
And I cannot see the light,
I will trust the purpose I cannot see,
I’ll not surrender to the night.”
― Savannah Jane McCrary, The Invisible Guide

“He blew out a puff of air. "A long time ago God taught me something, Jayne. He made me realise that He was bigger than my problems and far stronger than all my weaknesses.”
― Lauren Compton, Jayne's Endeavour

“I would rather stand up for truth in the name of God and be hated by the world, than be judge by God for not doing His will.”
― Desiree Angeles

“As she chattered, she realised with surprise that the ache in her own heart didn’t seem quite as bad. A spark kindled within her at the thought of spring and its newness. Deep down she knew things would never be the same again, but she couldn’t help hoping that maybe with the coming of spring everything would be all right.”
― Lauren Compton, Jayne's Endeavour