A Work in Progress Quotes

“You have to be willing to let go of the hurt of Friday to get to the joy of Sunday.”
― Staci Stallings, A Work in Progress

“Did God make evil? One day a young man went to his college class, and the professor asked if the young man believed that God made everything. The young man said, ‘Yes, He did.’ The old professor puffed up and said, ‘Then if God made everything, that means He made evil. Who has need for a God that would make evil?’ The young man was silent for he had no answer to this question. As the professor started on with the lesson, a second young man spoke up and said, ‘May I ask you a question, Sir?’ The professor assented, and the young man began, ‘Sir, is there such a thing as cold?’ ‘Of course,’ the professor replied, ‘Haven’t you ever been cold?’ ‘Actually,’ the young man replied, ‘cold does not exist. It is simply a term that we have constructed to mean a state of being without heat.’ The old professor didn’t say anything, so the young man continued. ‘Is there such a thing as dark?’ “‘Well, certainly,’ replied the professor. ‘We’ve all seen the dark.’ ‘On the contrary,’ the young man said. ‘Darkness does not exist. It is only the way we have come to explain an absence of light. The absence of something does not exist except to define when what does exist is not present. So, I ask you then, does evil exist?’ ‘Of course it does. Look around there are murders and rapes and robberies.’ ‘Actually, Sir, evil does not exist. Evil is only the absence of God.’ When he sat down, the professor had no more argument.”
― Staci Stallings, A Work in Progress

“If you try to do it on your own, you have no chance at entering God’s kingdom, but…’ and this is the important part, ‘There is every chance in the world of entering if you just trust God to do it.”
― Staci Stallings, A Work in Progress

“frustration.  “I have no idea what that means.”  His fingers flipped through the pages to see how many more he had to read, but that answer just sent him into further depression. ”
― Staci Stallings, A Work in Progress

“Did God make evil? One day a young man went to his college class, and the professor asked if the young man believed that God made everything.  The young man said, ‘Yes, He did.’ The old professor puffed up and said, ‘Then if God made everything, that means He made evil. Who has need for a God that would make evil?’  The young man was silent for he had no answer to this question.  As the professor started on with the lesson, a second young man spoke up and said, ‘May I ask you a question, Sir?’ The professor assented, and the young man began, ‘Sir, is there such a thing as cold?’  ‘Of course,’ the professor replied, ‘Haven’t you ever been cold?’ ‘Actually,’ the young man replied, ‘cold does not exist. It is simply a term that we have constructed to mean a state of being without heat.’  The old professor didn’t say anything, so the young man continued. ‘Is there such a thing as dark?’ “‘Well, certainly,’ replied the professor. ‘We’ve all seen the dark.’ ‘On the contrary,’ the young man said. ‘Darkness does not exist. It is only the way we have come to explain an absence of light.  The absence of something does not exist except to define when what does exist is not present. So, I ask you then, does evil exist?’ ‘Of course it does. Look around there are murders and rapes and robberies.’ ‘Actually, Sir, evil does not exist. Evil is only the absence of God.’  When he sat down, the professor had no more argument.”
― Staci Stallings, A Work in Progress

“For the life of her, Rebecca Avery couldn’t understand it.  She had been with them twenty-four hours a day for all of five months, and still she had no clue how they did it.  Sitting in the student union building, tucked ever-so-carefully behind her new psychology book, she watched them—the beautiful people—milling about, talking, laughing, and just generally enjoying each other’s company.”
― Staci Stallings, A Work in Progress

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― Staci Stallings, A Work in Progress

“Evil is only the absence of God.”
― Staci Stallings, A Work in Progress