Wild and Free Quotes

“Ladies, this is what scares me. When a horse is finally tamed and trained, bearing the burden of saddle and human expectations alike, she is called broken. It is only then that she performs the duties expected of her.”
― Jess Connolly, Wild and Free: A Hope-Filled Anthem for the Woman Who Feels She Is Both Too Much and Never Enough

“The world may tell us we’re too much and never enough. But we can walk wildly in who God created us to be and rest freely in the work Jesus did for us. We do not have to be confined or conformed by cultural expectations. We are unchained from our past and unafraid of our future.”
― Jess Connolly, Wild and Free: A Hope-Filled Anthem for the Woman Who Feels She Is Both Too Much and Never Enough

“Our circumstances and our surroundings do not dictate how wild God can be. The wild and free nature of God does not bat an eyelash at the state we’re in, because He is not bound by the conventional, the typical, or any rules. Our lives can look shattered and bland, broken and poor—and He can bring life and salvation and color, no matter what.”
― Jess Connolly, Wild and Free: A Hope-Filled Anthem for the Woman Who Feels She Is Both Too Much and Never Enough

“Don’t apologize for your tears or qualify how you feel. God isn’t freaked out by our pain or what we’re really feeling; He just wants us to share it with Him rather than bury it and pretend like it’s not there. He is here to listen and here to love.”
― Jess Connolly, Wild and Free: A Hope-Filled Anthem for the Woman Who Feels She Is Both Too Much and Never Enough

“I am blessed to meet women around the world, and I believe this wild and free faith is growing in us. It isn’t wild in rebellion; it is wild in obedience. And it isn’t free to do whatever we want; it is free to do whatever He calls us to do. This kind of faith is powerful, and it is beautiful.”
― Jess Connolly, Wild and Free: A Hope-Filled Anthem for the Woman Who Feels She Is Both Too Much and Never Enough

“The young lions suffer want and hunger; but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing. Psalm 34:10 ESV”
― Jess Connolly, Wild and Free: A Hope-Filled Anthem for the Woman Who Feels She Is Both Too Much and Never Enough

“But I also see the shift in my sisters’ hearts when they put leaders on pedestals they just can’t live on. Not only are they entrapping the leader they’re learning from, ensuring that she’ll let the world down when it turns out she’s also a sinner, but they’re also putting down their belief in God’s wild and holy call on their own lives as daughters and ambassadors.”
― Jess Connolly, Wild and Free: A Hope-Filled Anthem for the Woman Who Feels She Is Both Too Much and Never Enough

“The tame and scripted worship of God that gave me warm and fuzzy feelings never came that day, and at the same time, my mental picture of God's glory's blown to bits. Up until then, worship had been about how I felt; on that day, God expanded my viewpoint to see that He is not wildly concerned with how I feel but is wildly out for His own glory. Singing to Him, praying to Him, talking about Him, learning more about His nature and goodness and work in our lives - this all benefits us, but it's not about us. The point of our worship is not our joy or our advancement. God's sole purpose in calling His people to worship Him is allowing them to give Him glory because He wants it.”
― Jess Connolly, Wild and Free: A Hope-Filled Anthem for the Woman Who Feels She Is Both Too Much and Never Enough

“we are wild and free women who speak life, the native language of our Father,”
― Jess Connolly, Wild and Free: A Hope-Filled Anthem for the Woman Who Feels She Is Both Too Much and Never Enough

“Yatsar is the word used to describe specifically how God “formed” mankind, and it’s a delicate and specific word. The literal translation refers to a potter fashioning something out of clay, and, goodness gracious, that makes me feel known and seen. The Father, who had only just a little earlier created light without blinking an eye or feeling any stress, created humans intricately and creatively, like an artist.”
― Jess Connolly, Wild and Free: A Hope-Filled Anthem for the Woman Who Feels She Is Both Too Much and Never Enough

“That wife you love will become so lost that she’ll wind up a slave, and at that point I want you to sell whatever you need to so you can get her back in your home. And speak kindly to her. And love her gently. And show her how she was wrong. And eventually, after lots of years and pain, you’ll live as a devoted married couple. Those children, even the ones whose paternity you question—they’ll be your children.”
― Jess Connolly, Wild and Free: A Hope-Filled Anthem for the Woman Who Feels She Is Both Too Much and Never Enough

“That was essentially God’s assignment: “Hosea, marry an adulterous woman. Pick one you’re fairly certain will not be faithful, and then love her all the way to the end. She’s going to have some children, and you’re going to be pretty certain that one of them is not fathered by you. When she continuously leaves you—for things that are broken and don’t fulfill her—go back and get her.”
― Jess Connolly, Wild and Free: A Hope-Filled Anthem for the Woman Who Feels She Is Both Too Much and Never Enough

“Biblical meekness is never weakness. Rather, it is a harnessing of God-given strength.”
― Jess Connolly, Wild and Free: A Hope-Filled Anthem for the Woman Who Feels She Is Both Too Much and Never Enough

“The Greek word praus is used in 1 Peter 3:4 to describe the characteristic of gentleness or meekness. HELPS Word-studies define this word as “exercising God’s strength under His control—i.e. demonstrating power without undue harshness.”6 The heart of meekness is simply harnessing the Lord’s power under His control.”
― Jess Connolly, Wild and Free: A Hope-Filled Anthem for the Woman Who Feels She Is Both Too Much and Never Enough

“I see women believing and repeating the lie that motherhood is the highest calling for all women. Did you know that’s nowhere in the Bible? The only reference to a chief call on anyone’s life is found in Matthew 6:33: Seek first the Father’s kingdom and His righteousness.”
― Jess Connolly, Wild and Free: A Hope-Filled Anthem for the Woman Who Feels She Is Both Too Much and Never Enough