The God Box Quotes

“She inhaled a worry. She exhaled a prayer.”
― Mary Lou Quinlan, The God Box

“As much as I acted as if I could move mountains with my willpower, like thinking I could force a new business win, I knew I wasn´t really in charge of anything. Deep inside, I believed that God was. But oh, how I tried.”
― Mary Lou Quinlan, The God Box

“Using the excuse of a busy life, I downshifted my conversations with God to asking for favors on the run.”
― Mary Lou Quinlan, The God Box

“Believing in God was easy with Mom at my side.”
― Mary Lou Quinlan, The God Box

“Finding the God Boxes was like reading Mom´s heart. [...] Her unconditional belief in God came alive for me.”
― Mary Lou Quinlan, The God Box

“Mom wrote to God like a pen pal would, so straightforward and friendly. Her mind ricocheted from one thought to another, as mine still does.”
― Mary Lou Quinlan, The God Box

“If any of us ever re-worried abot a request, Mom would say, "If you think you can handle it better than God, it´s coming out."Just the suggestion that we thought we were more powerful than God put us in out places and made us stop fretting and start believing.”
― Mary Lou Quinlan, The God Box

“My mother knew when to listen and when to pray and when to help. I wonder hoy many people knew the compassion Mary Finlayson held for them and how hard, in the privacy of her God Box, she prayed for them and their struggles.”
― Mary Lou Quinlan, The God Box