The God Who Sees You Quotes

“I want you to live in confidence that when God looks at you, He sees beauty. He sees value. He sees hope. And that even when you’re hiding, or when you’re so beaten down you can’t see anything clearly, He’s still hard at work, crafting a beautiful future of relationship with Him and with others.”
― Tammy Maltby, The God Who Sees You: Look to Him When You Feel Discouraged, Forgotten, or Invisible

“Mother Teresa is widely quoted as saying, “There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread.”
― Tammy Maltby, The God Who Sees You: Look to Him When You Feel Discouraged, Forgotten, or Invisible

“Passionate patience—that’s what makes it possible to worship while you wait. It’s what sustained all those folks in Hebrews 11 as they lived out their lives, waiting for God’s promises to be fulfilled. It’s what kept Jerry and me sane and grounded (well, sort of sane and grounded) during that very scary time. It’s what makes it possible to sing in the dark or survive our time in the waiting room. It’s waiting without being resigned or losing hope. It’s choosing to expect a miracle even when all odds seem against it, but also choosing to accept whatever God brings—because whatever God brings into our lives is good, and whatever comes into our lives, period, can be used for good. It’s choosing to praise God even when you can’t see Him. To stay excited about His possibilities even when you’re unsure what will happen or when. It’s not just plodding, grit-your-teeth waiting. (Though, to be honest, sometimes it feels that way.) Instead, it’s moving along with your head up—moving in expectation, because you really expect that something’s going to happen. Because you know that whether you can see it or not, the God of the universe is at work in your life and in the world. He will keep His promises. He will show up when the time is right—when His time is right. And yes, passionate patience is a choice. Sometimes it’s a hard choice, though it’s based on very good evidence. But in those times when everything seems dark and we don’t have a clue where God is or what He’s doing, passionate patience can keep us going.”
― Tammy Maltby, The God Who Sees You: Look to Him When You Feel Discouraged, Forgotten, or Invisible

“when we encounter others, we are in some way encountering Him. At the very least, we are encountering someone God sees and loves the same way that He sees and loves us. We are not only invited but commanded to shift our perspective and see these other people as God sees them and respond to them as though they were Jesus Himself.”
― Tammy Maltby, The God Who Sees You: Look to Him When You Feel Discouraged, Forgotten, or Invisible

“We’re talking about a God who knows what’s going on with you 24-7. You’re on His radar all the time. Even if no one else sees you, God does. In fact, He knows every detail about you. Like a doting mother or a passionate lover, He has you memorized. The Bible says God even keeps track of every single hair on your head.4 So of course He knows about your food allergies and your tendency toward depression and your imperfect body. Even the things that annoy you about yourself or pose serious challenges are part of the entire package God sees and notices and loves.”
― Tammy Maltby, The God Who Sees You: Look to Him When You Feel Discouraged, Forgotten, or Invisible

“the very act of obedience often helps us see God better. I love the way Oswald Chambers explains this: “All God’s revelations are sealed until they are opened to us by obedience…. God will never reveal more truth about Himself until you have obeyed what you know already.”21”
― Tammy Maltby, The God Who Sees You: Look to Him When You Feel Discouraged, Forgotten, or Invisible

“There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread.”
― Tammy Maltby, The God Who Sees You: Look to Him When You Feel Discouraged, Forgotten, or Invisible

“I can almost imagine God feeling the same kind of joy when He’s hiding in places where He should be easy to find, the places where He told us from the beginning that He would be. He’s given lots of hints about where He can be found—in the Bible, in the person of Jesus, in creation, in the faces of the needy, in the pattern and timing of events. Those are the first places to go if we want to see the God who sees us. But I would suggest you pay close attention to your own experience as well. If you want to see God, why not deliberately put yourself in the places where you tend to notice Him?”
― Tammy Maltby, The God Who Sees You: Look to Him When You Feel Discouraged, Forgotten, or Invisible