The Rested Soul Quotes

“Strengthen the weak hands, And make firm the feeble knees. Say to those who have an anxious heart, “Be strong, fear not!” ISAIAH 35:3–4 Jesus, I rest in You as You make my weak hands strong. Help me not have an anxious heart. I find my peace in knowing You will be my strength.”
― Tessa Afshar, The Rested Soul: 30 Meditations to Quiet Your Heart

“ISAIAH 35:3–4 Jesus, I rest in You as You make my weak hands strong. Help me not have an anxious heart. I find my peace in knowing You will be my strength.”
― Tessa Afshar, The Rested Soul: 30 Meditations to Quiet Your Heart

“To be malleable, the glass had to remain molten, returned again and again to the blazing furnace, aptly named the Glory Hole. There could be no glory without that fiery hole.”
― Tessa Afshar, The Rested Soul: 30 Meditations to Quiet Your Heart

“You need to know when to push back against the walls that are closing in on you, and when to listen to your heart’s longing for protection and shield the wounded, vulnerable parts of your soul. The good news is that you are not alone. Remember? Jesus is your Wonderful Counselor through every step of this process (Isa. 9:6).”
― Tessa Afshar, The Rested Soul: 30 Meditations to Quiet Your Heart

“Don’t let anxiety and discouragement run away with your destiny.”
― Tessa Afshar, The Rested Soul: 30 Meditations to Quiet Your Heart

“This was one of those tricky situations where I could either protect her heart or mine. I couldn’t do both. That formed the root of the anxiety. My difficulty in proving to my own heart that I could protect it when it needed protection, even if it meant disappointing someone else.”
― Tessa Afshar, The Rested Soul: 30 Meditations to Quiet Your Heart

“But Jesus has a way of making sure that there is more of you by the end of the story than there was at the beginning. You may start as not-enough. But you end up being more-than.”
― Tessa Afshar, The Rested Soul: 30 Meditations to Quiet Your Heart

“Then I return to this anchor point story and I remember that I don’t have to be enough. Jesus is an expert at stretching the insufficient to do exceedingly, abundantly more than we think or imagine.”
― Tessa Afshar, The Rested Soul: 30 Meditations to Quiet Your Heart

“I see this passage from the perspective of the bread and the fish, resting in Jesus’ hands. Like that simple offering, I am often vastly unequal to what is required of me. There just doesn’t seem to be enough of me to go around! Not enough strength or wisdom or time.”
― Tessa Afshar, The Rested Soul: 30 Meditations to Quiet Your Heart

“You belong to God’s such a time as this.”
― Tessa Afshar, The Rested Soul: 30 Meditations to Quiet Your Heart

“Lord Jesus, my Balm of Gilead, I offer You my wounded heart. I give You my bruises, my scars, my fears, my brokenness. Jesus, cover me with Your holy blood. Heal me. Help me take heart.”
― Tessa Afshar, The Rested Soul: 30 Meditations to Quiet Your Heart

“Jesus says “take heart” to the woman with the issue of blood (Matt. 9:22); to the paralytic (Matt. 9:2); to the disciples (Matt. 14:27). In different situations, whether facing fear, discouragement, or the power of sin, Jesus whispers, “Take heart.”
― Tessa Afshar, The Rested Soul: 30 Meditations to Quiet Your Heart

“God is increasing His influence in you in order to increase His influence through you.”
― Tessa Afshar, The Rested Soul: 30 Meditations to Quiet Your Heart

“Sometimes, our glory comes from a crushed life. A difficult life, well-lived. Right now, your job is to hang on. To get up again and again. To hold on to Jesus and not let go. Right now is not the end of your story.”
― Tessa Afshar, The Rested Soul: 30 Meditations to Quiet Your Heart

“God sometimes heals us outright. He utterly banishes the thing that torments us. At other times, He allows a fragility to remain. A part of your soul where you will always need to lean on Him extra hard.”
― Tessa Afshar, The Rested Soul: 30 Meditations to Quiet Your Heart

“Most powerful of all, Jesus, who said, “My soul is crushed with grief to the point of death” (Mark 14:34 NLT), knows the burden of suffering and sorrow that you carry. They know. You are not alone. And peace awaits on the other side of this journey. There is an end to this travail. Your soul will be quieted. Your heart can find rest. Settle in that hope. Your first step is to remember you are not alone. Jesus is with you. He knows.”
― Tessa Afshar, The Rested Soul: 30 Meditations to Quiet Your Heart