Under a Summer Sky Quotes

“Life is messy—there’s no doubt about it. It’s hard . . . and it often sets us back on our heels . . . but that still doesn’t mean it isn’t glorious. God gave us this glorious life to see what we would do with it . . . and He gave us resilient spirits and a promise to always be with us . . . through every struggle.”
― Nan Rossiter, Under a Summer Sky

“Tennyson. . . . ‘Sunset and evening star,
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the bar,
When I put out to sea. But such a tide as moving seems asleep,
Too full for sound and foam,
When that which drew from out the boundless deep
Turns again home! Twilight and evening bell,
And after that the dark!
And may there be no sadness of farewell,
When I embark; For though from out our bourn of Time and Place
The flood may bear me far,
I hope to see my Pilot face to face
When I have crost the bar.”
― Nan Rossiter, Under a Summer Sky

“Let not your hearts be troubled; believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.”
― Nan Rossiter, Under a Summer Sky

“But God’s grace is with us every step of the way. As each chapter of our lives ends, as every door closes, He is standing right there. Whether we are innocently unaware of the preciousness of a moment or if we are all too well aware that it is the last time, God is with us.”
― Nan Rossiter, Under a Summer Sky

“Great is life, real and mystical, wherever and whoever; Great is death—sure as life holds all parts together, death holds all parts together. Sure as the stars return again after they merge in the light, death is great as life.”
― Nan Rossiter, Under a Summer Sky

“For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. —John 1:16”
― Nan Rossiter, Under a Summer Sky

“people think their problems aren’t important enough. I mean God already has a lot on his plate, right? World hunger, war, getting the Red Sox into the World Series . . .” He grinned. “I’m just kidding on that last one. But folks think that just because we humans can only handle one or two crises at a time, that’s how God works too; but it’s not. He can handle all problems—no matter how big or small—and he can handle them all at once. I’m sure you’ve heard the verse: ‘For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.”
― Nan Rossiter, Under a Summer Sky