Honest Wrestling Quotes

“We are all tired of the stress.”
― K. Howard Joslin, Honest Wrestling: Questions of Faith When Attacked by Life

“What if God doesn’t keep his promises?”
― K Howard Joslin, Honest Wrestling

“Don’t ever discount the cry of your heart. God may be working in your heart to bring about his sovereign plan.”
― K. Howard Joslin, Honest Wrestling: Questions of Faith When Attacked by Life

“Ann: I feel like I should read verses and be comforted. But it doesn’t happen.”
― K. Howard Joslin, Honest Wrestling: Questions of Faith When Attacked by Life

“Ann: How my heart has ached. How empty I have felt. How I’ve ached to hold my two babies.”
― K. Howard Joslin, Honest Wrestling: Questions of Faith When Attacked by Life

“Can I really take God at his word?”
― K Howard Joslin, Honest Wrestling

“Quite frankly we are both tired of the race we have been asked to run.”
― K. Howard Joslin, Honest Wrestling: Questions of Faith When Attacked by Life

“I shared what we were learning, so that others might grow in their faith through the testing of ours.”
― K. Howard Joslin, Honest Wrestling: Questions of Faith When Attacked by Life

“God had not abandoned us. He was actively working behind the scenes, when I had no means or spirit to fight.”
― K. Howard Joslin, Honest Wrestling: Questions of Faith When Attacked by Life

“Ann prayed because of a gut-wrenching, throbbing pain in her soul. She urgently begged the Lord for her life.”
― K. Howard Joslin, Honest Wrestling: Questions of Faith When Attacked by Life

“We don’t know why God chose to deliver Peter from death and James through death. The text doesn’t say.”
― K. Howard Joslin, Honest Wrestling: Questions of Faith When Attacked by Life

“God dramatically slew one monstrous opponent and then threw us into the arena against a stronger and more vicious foe.”
― K. Howard Joslin, Honest Wrestling: Questions of Faith When Attacked by Life

“DeeDee had to have a firm grasp on reality. Yet she knew God was bigger than a pathology report. So she prayed.”
― K. Howard Joslin, Honest Wrestling: Questions of Faith When Attacked by Life

“Joseph’s trials were unjust, inexplicable and heartrending. Yet Joseph knew God, and he knew that God had a plan.”
― K. Howard Joslin, Honest Wrestling: Questions of Faith When Attacked by Life

“Because Ann learned to trust God fifteen years ago, she is able to trust God now with an even more difficult situation.”
― K. Howard Joslin, Honest Wrestling: Questions of Faith When Attacked by Life

“I needed to decide if I would still worship God if he allowed Matt to lose his eye.”
― K. Howard Joslin, Honest Wrestling: Questions of Faith When Attacked by Life

“I have no guarantee that God will choose to heal Ann, but I know he wants me to pray to that end.”
― K. Howard Joslin, Honest Wrestling: Questions of Faith When Attacked by Life

“Ann: What if there is no God? What if the Bible isn’t true?”
― K. Howard Joslin, Honest Wrestling: Questions of Faith When Attacked by Life

“Keith: Sometimes God grants us sustenance. But God also grants us deliverance. It’s only a matter of time.”
― K. Howard Joslin, Honest Wrestling: Questions of Faith When Attacked by Life

“We don’t know the final outcome, or even know how long the battle will last, but we do know the referee.”
― K. Howard Joslin, Honest Wrestling: Questions of Faith When Attacked by Life

“Their prayers impacted the outcome of the fight.”
― K. Howard Joslin, Honest Wrestling: Questions of Faith When Attacked by Life

“I kept hoping because she couldn’t afford to lose hope. I kept my faith so she wouldn’t lose hers.”
― K. Howard Joslin, Honest Wrestling: Questions of Faith When Attacked by Life

“Each appointment brought fear, uncertainty and discouragement. Ann’s constant concern was, What if I have cancer?”
― K. Howard Joslin, Honest Wrestling: Questions of Faith When Attacked by Life

“Ann: You didn’t cause my miscarriages. But you are committed to transforming me to be like you.”
― K. Howard Joslin, Honest Wrestling: Questions of Faith When Attacked by Life

“Ann: How does God’s character fit into things that seem totally against his character?”
― K. Howard Joslin, Honest Wrestling: Questions of Faith When Attacked by Life

“Ann: If we know God, we do not need to know why He allows us to experience what we do.”
― K. Howard Joslin, Honest Wrestling: Questions of Faith When Attacked by Life

“That morning set in motion a series of events that caused me to wrestle with questions of God’s goodness.”
― K. Howard Joslin, Honest Wrestling: Questions of Faith When Attacked by Life

“Breaking a sweat through our difficulties minimized the likelihood of a crippling injury to our faith.”
― K. Howard Joslin, Honest Wrestling: Questions of Faith When Attacked by Life