In the Land of Blue Burqas Quotes

“How much better to remember that we are all on a journey. Each time we see or hear or in some way grasp a teaching or revelation of Christ, we are drawn out of an area of darkness within our lives into His light and truth, into His beautiful kingdom. He invites us to walk with Him, to learn from Him, and to find in Him the healing, love, joy, and peace that our souls desperately need. The good news is that we can walk with Jesus. We can receive His healing long before we understand who He is and why He came in the first place.”
― Kate McCord, In the Land of Blue Burqas

“For my Afghan friends, the notion that it’s God’s will for men and women to live in love and peace is revolutionary. It’s also a dream buried in their deepest being.”
― Kate McCord, In the Land of Blue Burqas

“When two cultures come into contact, they’re both changed, and sometimes those changes are good. When we see or hear an idea or thought that’s good and right, it resonates in our hearts. It’s as though something within us recognizes goodness and truth and embraces it. We taste and see that it’s good. Then we long for more.”
― Kate McCord, In the Land of Blue Burqas

“How we define the source of our problems determines where we look for solutions.”
― Kate McCord, In the Land of Blue Burqas

“The challenge for all of us, Afghan and American, is to find peace, love, and joy in whatever situation we find ourselves.”
― Kate McCord, In the Land of Blue Burqas

“And when they admitted to praying for permission to kill me, well, where does one put that?”
― Kate McCord, In the Land of Blue Burqas

“And yet we know that forgiveness is a foundation stone in the kingdom of God. It’s absolutely critical. Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. We also know that the kingdom of God is good news—that somehow even this forgiveness, the grace to do it, is good for us. We know the kingdom of God was meant for us and we were meant for the kingdom.”
― Kate McCord, In the Land of Blue Burqas

“There is often a gulf between what we say we believe and what we actually believe. Sometimes the gulf is broad and full of differing ideas and strong emotions. We genuinely do not believe what we say and will not act on it. At other times, in other situations, the gulf is narrow, changing, in motion. We do believe what we say, but we don’t desire to act on it.”
― Kate McCord, In the Land of Blue Burqas

“In Afghanistan, kidnapping is the third most lucrative economic activity, just behind opium and stealing or embezzling foreign development money. Locals,”
― Kate McCord, In the Land of Blue Burqas

“Beneath the overlay of cultural rules and religious laws is the God-created human spirit that longs to live as God created it. O”
― Kate McCord, In the Land of Blue Burqas

“Followers of Jesus understand that conversion is a matter of the heart. Real conversion follows revelation. It cannot be reduced to a declaration followed by indoctrination.”
― Kate McCord, In the Land of Blue Burqas

“There’s something in the human spirit that longs to tell the story, to make sense out of our unique experience. We open that trunk and unpack its scraps of memories. We invite others to look at them and tell us what they see. Somehow, in the unpacking and repacking, we define and contain all those scraps. We shine a little light into the corners of that trunk and feel better about its presence in our heart. The storyteller says, “This is my wound. This is what happened to me, and it’s important. It’s not important because I’m the only one who suffered. No. It’s important because I suffered and I’m important.”
― Kate McCord, In the Land of Blue Burqas