If I Run Quotes

“Our job is to stand up for our beliefs, cling to them no matter what, and wait for our redemption. Jesus will not let us down.”
― Terri Blackstock, If I Run

“There is a God, and he is the most powerful force in the universe.”
― Terri Blackstock, If I Run

“You can’t just check out and think it will all be over. It won’t be over for anyone who loves you. You’ll only leave them to run after the pieces that scatter in the angry wind. You’ll leave them desperately trying to solve the problems you wouldn’t . . . all while plugging their own wounds. Even if you’re like me, single without children, you could impact generations.”
― Terri Blackstock, If I Run

“Don’t disappear on me, Dylan.” 
I hope I don’t disappear on myself.”
― Terri Blackstock, If I Run

“The Lord sometimes uses sorrow in our lives to deepen us,” Miss Lucy says. “This is one of those times.”
“Why do we have to be deep?” I wonder aloud. 
Miss Lucy looks at me as if she’s never considered that question. “Because what good are we if we’re shallow? He can use us when we have some depth. He had sorrows, so why shouldn’t we?”
― Terri Blackstock, If I Run

“They send you to places where bombs explode like jack-in-the-boxes, blowing your friends to pieces before your eyes. Then they punish you when you can’t stop thinking about it.”
― Terri Blackstock, If I Run

“Our job is to stand up for our beliefs, cling to them no matter what, and wait for our redemption. Jesus will not let us down. I”
― Terri Blackstock, If I Run

“For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places” (Ephesians 6:12).”
― Terri Blackstock, If I Run

“Those prayers are being answered,” I say. “There is a God, and he listens.”
― Terri Blackstock, If I Run

“You can’t just check out and think it will all be over. It won’t be over for anyone who loves you. You’ll only leave them to run after the pieces that scatter in the angry wind. You’ll leave them desperately trying to solve the problems you wouldn’t . . . all while plugging their own wounds. Even if you’re like me, single without children, you could impact generations. Is quick relief worth it? No, it isn’t. I’d rather take the pain myself so they won’t have to.”
― Terri Blackstock, If I Run

“You can’t just check out and think it will all be over. It won’t be over for anyone who loves you. You’ll only leave them to run after the pieces that scatter in the angry wind. You’ll leave them desperately trying to solve the problems you wouldn’t . . . all while plugging their own wounds. Even if you’re like me, single without children, you could impact generations. Is quick relief worth it?”
― Terri Blackstock, If I Run

“...one of her friends posts from the moment she wakes up until she goes to bed at night. I don’t know her, but I have friends like her, friends who miss their lives as they stay glued to their phones, letting everyone know of every thought they have and every bite they eat. I wonder if this girl ever interacts much with real friends—people who are truly present in her life. She probably never enjoys a meal, because she’s too busy posting pictures of it. Too busy to enjoy her friends’ quips, because she’s thumb-typing every word.”
― Terri Blackstock, If I Run

“...one of her friends who posts from the moment she wakes up until she goes to bed at night. I don’t know her, but I have friends like her, friends who miss their lives as they stay glued to their phones, letting everyone know of every thought they have and every bite they eat. I wonder if this girl ever interacts much with real friends—people who are truly present in her life. She probably never enjoys a meal, because she’s too busy posting pictures of it. Too busy to enjoy her friends’ quips, because she’s thumb-typing every word.”
― Terri Blackstock, If I Run