Mended Quotes

“In a world overrun with choices, He is our choice. Give in to grief or trust Him? Doubt or obey? Escape into the choices or cling to only God?”
― Angie Smith, Mended: Pieces of a Life Made Whole

“Churches should be places where people come to hear the story of God and to tell their own. That’s how we find out how the two relate. Tell your story with all of its shadows and fog, so people can understand their own. They want a leader who’s authentic, someone trying to figure out how to follow the Lord Jesus in the joy and wreckage of life. They need you, not Moses,”
― Angie Smith, Mended: Pieces of a Life Made Whole

“There will be the IV poles, the divorce papers, the sound of dirt hitting a casket. We will have moments where we can't catch our breath and all the world seems wrong, and we can't help but wonder if He even cares.”
― Angie Smith, Mended: Pieces of a Life Made Whole

“Don’t waste your struggle.6 You serve a glorious God, and even in the broken shards of life, He is worth everything we can offer to Him.”
― Angie Smith, Mended: Pieces of a Life Made Whole

“Have you ever read the Bible and chuckled to yourself? I assure you, there is humor there if you allow yourself to imagine it. God is the author of humor, and I believe He snuck in a few good one-liners for all of us who appreciate wit and timing (hand raised; Gold star, Angie).”
― Angie Smith, Mended: Pieces of a Life Made Whole

“When you are doing what I've asked you to do, you don't have to worry about getting to the farm. I'll bring you the farmer instead. And when you think you have lost sight of all your sketches, just know that it's okay. I know where the sketches are, what they need to be, and I will never leave you.

Let go of the grief and the sorrow. Release the anger and the plans set in stone. Because I hold your sketch in My hand the way Mr. Gentry did in his. I watch and I draw - even when you don't know. I am concerned with all things that concern you.”
― Angie Smith, Mended: Pieces of a Life Made Whole

“because the words were breathtaking. Here is an excerpt from The Jesus Storybook Bible: They nailed Jesus to the cross. “Father, forgive them,” Jesus gasped. “They don’t understand what they are doing.” “You say you have come to rescue us!” people shouted. “But you can’t even rescue yourself!” But they were wrong. Jesus could have rescued himself. A legion of angels would have flown to his side—if he’d called. “If you were really the Son of God, you could just climb down off that cross!” they said. And of course they were right. Jesus could have just climbed down. Actually, he could have just said a word and made it all stop. Like when he healed the little girl. And stilled the storm. And fed 5000 people. But Jesus stayed. You see, they didn’t understand. It wasn’t the nails that kept Jesus there. It was love.1 For some reason, I hadn’t quite thought it through in those terms, and I was rendered speechless by the infinite power that was denied for the sake of love. This is, for me, one of the simplest and most powerful ways to present the gospel, even stretching into our lives today.”
― Angie Smith, Mended: Pieces of a Life Made Whole

“Whether or not I protect the weeds isn't a matter of just recognizing the weed for what it is, but possessing the conviction to grab hold of the roots and yank like my life depends on it.”
― Angie Smith, Mended: Pieces of a Life Made Whole

“What a funny girl, I thought, and then I realized something. To the three-year-old ye, and maybe even to the thirty year old eye, weeds and grass look very similar. Same color, same feeling, same texture.”
― Angie Smith, Mended: Pieces of a Life Made Whole