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“Sometimes the fear of failure steals the beauty we were meant to create.”
― Angie Smith, What Women Fear: Walking in Faith that Transforms

“...what I mean is that we simply may not have the same meaning as God for the word 'failure.' To me, failure means it doesn't turn out the way I wanted it to. To God, it means I didn't pick up the brush.”
― Angie Smith, What Women Fear: Walking in Faith that Transforms

“Churches should be places where people come to hear the story of God and to tell their own. That’s how we find out how the two relate. Tell your story with all of its shadows and fog, so people can understand their own. They want a leader who’s authentic, someone trying to figure out how to follow the Lord Jesus in the joy and wreckage of life. They need you, not Moses,”
― Angie Smith, Mended: Pieces of a Life Made Whole

“The true understanding of our own depravity isn’t a punishment—it’s an opportunity to understand the value of the gift.”
― Angie Smith, Chasing God

“all the while He is just waiting for the time that is right. He hasn’t forgotten, nor has He abandoned us.”
― Angie Smith, I Will Carry You: The Sacred Dance of Grief and Joy

“Hagar sat in full anticipation of her son’s death, and instead of looking to what God had given her, she surrendered to the fear. Is it possible that the well is right beside you but you haven’t seen it because your head is hung in grief? Are you so focused on what you think is missing that you don’t see what is present? Maybe you need to ask the Lord to illuminate what it is He wants you to see. It’s possible that what you have seen as the end of the road is actually an opportunity to open your eyes and see something you haven’t.”
― Angie Smith, What Women Fear: Walking in Faith that Transforms

“We have a very real enemy who thrives on our silence. He doesn’t want us to be in fellowship, sharing our hearts and seeking wisdom on how to live lives that glorify God in spite of the darkness we feel.”
― Angie Smith, What Women Fear: Walking in Faith that Transforms

“This Bible of Mine? It is the breath of God spoken into my weary bones. It is the armor I need to walk the roads He has chosen for me, and it's the confirmation of promises that withstand the test of hours and adversity.
It's a love letter, and it has my name on it.
It has your name on it.”
― Angie Smith

“But the great thing to remember is that, though our feelings come and go, His love for us does not. It is not wearied by our sins, or our indifference; and therefore, it is quite relentless in its determination that we shall be cured of those sins, at whatever cost to us, at whatever cost to Him. ~ C. S. Lewis”
― Angie Smith, Chasing God

“The one thing that is specifically forbidden is vengeance, the very human longing to get back at someone. Perhaps you know the expression, “I want him to pay for what he did.” How much passion there can be in those words! But getting even, paying back—vengeance—is territory that God expressly reserves for himself. “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” he says. To try to get even is a dangerous business. We are playing God—stepping into a place that he claims as his own.”
― Angie Smith, Chasing God