Two Steps Forward Quotes

“Help me testify to the Light, Lord, without trying to be the Light for others.”
― Sharon Garlough Brown, Two Steps Forward: A Story of Persevering in Hope

“In the midst of disappointment, it's easy for us to punctuate our pain with exclamation points. God, however, is very fond of commas, and our lives are continually unfolding in him, with all the unexpected twists and turns. Courage, dear one. The Lord is with you. May he strengthen you with hope for the next leg of the journey.”
― Sharon Garlough Brown, Two Steps Forward: A Story of Persevering in Hope

“If you set your hopes low, you can be pleasantly surprised if anything good happens. I guess it's a way of hardening your heart. A way of resisting the love of God that has been generously poured out through the Holy Spirit. Poured out. Not measured out by teaspoons. Poured. An image of abundance.”
― Sharon Garlough Brown, Two Steps Forward: A Story of Persevering in Hope

“...any movement away from the presence of God is movement in the wrong direction. My sorrow, my suffering, my sin - all of it is meant to be an offering to him. All of it belongs at the foot of the cross.”
― Sharon Garlough Brown, Two Steps Forward: A Story of Persevering in Hope

“Our hope isn't uncertain. Christian hope doesn't fluctuate according to circumstances. True hope is about having confidence that God's good and loving purposes in Christ can never be thwarted, no matter how it appears.”
― Sharon Garlough Brown, Two Steps Forward: A Story of Persevering in Hope