The Legacy Quotes

“Worry is fearing the future without God present.”
― Dan Walsh, The Legacy

“we knew when you two started walking in humility and started pursuing God’s ideas for your marriage and family, he’d be just as faithful to you.”
― Dan Walsh, The Legacy

“We’ve got to trust that God’s in control and keep praying God will protect him until he changes his heart. Until that happens and he really understands the gospel, all our efforts to talk to him just come off as lectures.”
― Dan Walsh, The Legacy

“That may be so, but this wisdom didn’t come easy. It came through everything we suffered with our sons and through lots of other trials. We kept crying out to God, and eventually we learned to trust him for whatever the outcome was.”
― Dan Walsh, The Legacy

“I think most of this guilt comes from the devil making us feel blame for things we have no control over.”
― Dan Walsh, The Legacy

“I think that’s why just being out here—seeing the ocean, hearing it, even feeling it—is so therapeutic. It’s so massive and timeless. And so completely beyond our control. The waves were coming in way before we got here, and they’ll keep coming in long after we leave. The tides come in and go out on a specific schedule, down to the minute. And it does this all by itself, without any help from us. Standing here, with all this going on in front of us, it’s not hard to believe that the God who makes all this happen can easily untangle the problems we’re dealing with.”
― Dan Walsh, The Legacy

“One thing we found that did ease some of it was getting to the place where we could entrust our sons completely to God. When we’re trusting God for them, we’re not focused on all the discouraging things in front of us. We see them. We know they’re real. But the negative impact doesn’t sink in as deep.”
― Dan Walsh, The Legacy

“But he said something toward the end of our conversation that helped me a lot. I wish I could remember it exactly. Something about being a bridge for our kids to cross back over when they make a mess of things. It was the idea that the way we talk and the way we treat them does matter, but it’s more about setting a tone with them, now that they’re adults, that’ll keep the lines of communication open. We can’t tell them what to do anymore. If anything, doing that makes things worse.”
― Dan Walsh, The Legacy

“Christina stood up. “This thing between parents and kids. I mean when the kids get older. I see it happening with Doug. But I see it all the time at church too, with the youth group kids. They reach a certain age, and all of a sudden, they don’t trust their parents anymore. They forget how their parents treated them when they were younger, and now they’re totally suspicious of anything their parents say. They might even listen to another adult say the same thing, but if their parents say it”
― Dan Walsh, The Legacy

“Even the best parenting can’t change your child’s heart or fix everything that’s broken inside them. In the end, they still need to experience Christ for themselves.”
― Dan Walsh, The Legacy