The Shadow of Your Smile Quotes

“Romans 15:13: “I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.” Our job is to trust. God’s job is to overflow us with joy.”
― Susan May Warren, The Shadow of Your Smile

“God never intended for us to go through life alone. It feels like it sometimes, but every time I get that urge toward self-pity or desperation, I think of it as an invitation for a deeper relationship with God. The point of life, in marriage or singleness—even widowhood—is that it should bring us to that intimate relationship with God. And that relationship should fill us—all the way up to our secret and ashamed places—so that we are overflowing with love for Him. Then we stop searching. Then we are filled with joy.”
― Susan May Warren, The Shadow of Your Smile

“Apart from you, I have no good thing,’ and that God fills him with joy in His presence. It helps me remember that I’m not alone.”
― Susan May Warren, The Shadow of Your Smile

“Who said marriage and intimacy—the way God wants them to be, a depiction of His intimate love for us—would be easy? Marriage is not a conditional act. It’s loving no matter what. It’s how we’re supposed to be with God—trusting Him with all our fragile parts.”
― Susan May Warren, The Shadow of Your Smile

“I don’t even know what intimacy is, Pastor.” “It’s belonging and believing and being loving to each other. It’s vulnerability to the one person you trust most. It’s saying, ‘Here’s my ugly, battered, wounded heart. I’m going to let you see it and trust you with it.’ Did you ever let her see your grief?”
― Susan May Warren, The Shadow of Your Smile

“how faith is about trusting God when He seems farthest away. I’m wondering if, in those moments, we have to remember what we know about God, about what He’s done for us.”
― Susan May Warren, The Shadow of Your Smile