Leota's Garden Quotes

“Every religion in the world is about man trying to reach up to God, like working your way up the ladder. They’re all about striving to achieve something for yourself. Christianity is the only religion about God reaching down to man and offering salvation as a free gift, with the added bonus of a personal relationship with the Creator God through Jesus Christ, who was there in the beginning.”
― Francine Rivers, Leota's Garden

“In January the lavender heather and white candytufts would bloom. February perked up the plum tree, and March would bring forth the daffodils, narcissus, and moonlight bloom. April lilacs and sugartuft would blossom along with the pink and bloodred rhododendrons, bluebells, and the apple tree in the victory garden. As the weather warmed, miniature purple irises would rise amid the volunteers of white alyssum and verbena. The roses, dahlias, white Shasta daisies, black-eyed Susans, and marigolds would bloom from late spring to early fall. Leota could see it. She knew exactly”
― Francine Rivers, Leota's Garden

“Sometimes you have to tell the truth, no matter how hard it is. Even when it doesn't change anything. People seem to make the same mistakes over and over again.”
― Francine Rivers, Leota's Garden

“As for Leota, She had chosen to close her mind to the things she couldn't change and move forward. There were many good things in life to allow things beyond your control to destroy you.”
― Francine Rivers, Leota's Garden

“You teach the heart as well as the mind. Sometimes the truth is hard to bear, but it's better to walk in the light of truth than to live in the darkness of lies.”
― Francine Rivers, Leota's Garden

“A garden wasn’t meant to belong to one person. A garden was for sharing”
― Francine Rivers, Leota's Garden

“You said to me the other night that I never loved you. Oh”
― Francine Rivers, Leota's Garden

“She was very proud of you. Grandma said all the women in our family have been artists of one kind or another. Grandma Helene was a master with the embroidery needle and in the kitchen as a cook. Great-Aunt Joyce was a wonderful painter and graphic artist. Grandma Leota had a green thumb. You’re our clothing designer.”
― Francine Rivers, Leota's Garden

“Every religion in the world is about man trying to reach up to God”
― Francine Rivers, Leota's Garden

“People can be like Monet paintings. You have to get some distance before you can see what they are and appreciate their full beauty.”
― Francine Rivers, Leota's Garden

“Leota knew the Lord was with her everywhere she went—even in that depressing hospital—but she had always felt His presence here the most. Is it because everything of great importance happened in a garden”
― Francine Rivers, Leota's Garden

“He grieved the loss of the one good thing that might have come from their sordid relationship: the child he was responsible for making. The child he should have been able to protect. The child who haunted his dreams at night.”
― Francine Rivers, Leota's Garden

“Don’t let the root of bitterness take hold”
― Francine Rivers, Leota's Garden

“You’ve got to have boundaries”
― Francine Rivers, Leota's Garden

“So you can fix her?” His tone was flat. “Forget it”
― Francine Rivers, Leota's Garden

“Corban felt a heaviness in the pit of his stomach. Leota Reinhardt was trying to teach him something”
― Francine Rivers, Leota's Garden

“She wasn’t a ditz. She was just plain weird. Her face was lit up”
― Francine Rivers, Leota's Garden

“Mother had never understood that Grandma Leota was extending an invitation to her. She’d always referred to the garden as a place of labor rather than a labor of love.”
― Francine Rivers, Leota's Garden

“By the way”
― Francine Rivers, Leota's Garden

“When your children are over here on my place”
― Francine Rivers, Leota's Garden

“Father,” her grandmother said solemnly”
― Francine Rivers, Leota's Garden

“The Lord always left a way to escape temptation”
― Francine Rivers, Leota's Garden

“If she had learned one thing in her long life it was to put less stock in what the world was doing and more in getting right with the Lord. It took God to change a heart. A changed heart meant a changed life. Enough of them and then”
― Francine Rivers, Leota's Garden

“And You”
― Francine Rivers, Leota's Garden

“A good pruning stimulates the right kind of growth. Same holds true with people.”
― Francine Rivers, Leota's Garden

“The tree will bear fruit this year,” Mrs. Reinhardt said. “Lots of it.”
― Francine Rivers, Leota's Garden

“Annie gave a soft laugh filled with apparent relief. “I’m so glad”
― Francine Rivers, Leota's Garden

“Doesn’t every young wife imagine a life of fulfillment and joy? And then reality comes barging in”
― Francine Rivers, Leota's Garden

“There were too many good things in life to allow things beyond your control to destroy you.”
― Francine Rivers, Leota's Garden

“Problems not dealt with had a way of growing like weeds in a garden. If given full freedom”
― Francine Rivers, Leota's Garden