Waves of Mercy Quotes

“Often, it'a not one great, dramatic thing that God asks us to do but hundreds of little everyday things. If we want to be used by Him, if we're ready to be used and aren't all tangled up with your own plans and projects, then He'll show us the work He has for us.”
― Lynn Austin, Waves of Mercy

“I pick up my knitting and wind the yarn around my fingers so I can finish the row. The needles whisper softly as they slide against each other, as if telling secrets.”
― Lynn Austin, Waves of Mercy

“Time and a hundred daily distractions can slowly turn us away from God before we even realize it’s happening. But I urge you to keep reading your Bible. Jesus said if you seek Him you will find Him, if you search for Him with all your heart. He’s with us everywhere we go, Anna. He’s not just in a church building.”
― Lynn Austin, Waves of Mercy: Dual Timeline Historical Fiction with Friends to Lovers Romance

“Time and a hundred daily distractions can slowly turn us away from God before we even realize it’s happening.”
― Lynn Austin, Waves of Mercy: Dual Timeline Historical Fiction with Friends to Lovers Romance

“The text was Jesus’ commandment from the twelfth chapter of Mark to love thy neighbor as thyself. Dominie said that loving our neighbor didn’t necessarily mean we must feel loving emotions toward them, but that we must speak lovingly to them, rather than in anger or derision. And we must do acts of lovingkindness and compassion, deliberately and frequently, demonstrating the undeserved grace God shows to us.”
― Lynn Austin, Waves of Mercy: Dual Timeline Historical Fiction with Friends to Lovers Romance

“Until one day I realized that regret from the past was keeping me from living well in the present. And it was robbing me of a future.”
― Lynn Austin, Waves of Mercy: Dual Timeline Historical Fiction with Friends to Lovers Romance

“But in a compromise, both people need to sacrifice something for the sake of the other person, and hopefully they’ll both be happy with the outcome in the end. You’re giving up being a pastor, but I’m not sure what exactly Caroline will be giving up.”
― Lynn Austin, Waves of Mercy: Dual Timeline Historical Fiction with Friends to Lovers Romance

“That's what I like best about it. Your story gives me a lot to think about. Who we fall in love with and choose to spend our life with is such a huge part of everyone's story, isn't it? Our choice affects the rest of our lives.'
'And our children's lives, too.'
"Yes. And sometimes our faith gets entangled in our love stories”
― Lynn Austin, Waves of Mercy

“God can change anyone’s heart if he allows himself to be changed.”
― Lynn Austin, Waves of Mercy: Dual Timeline Historical Fiction with Friends to Lovers Romance

“I can’t write about Christina’s funeral because I don’t think I have the words to explain how near God was to me on that day, in spite of my sorrow and bewilderment. It was as if He had wrapped me in His quilt and held me close to His heart, His strong, comforting presence a blessing to both Maarten and me. Afterward, God began lovingly wooing us back to His side through the countless small acts of kindness that His family showered on us. We weren’t able to understand why He had taken Christina, but slowly, step by step as our grief lifted, He reassured us that one day we would understand. Death wasn’t the end but only a new beginning, the way an infant must leave its mother’s womb to begin a new, light-filled life.”
― Lynn Austin, Waves of Mercy: Dual Timeline Historical Fiction with Friends to Lovers Romance

“regret from the past was keeping me from living well in the present. And it was robbing me of a future.”
― Lynn Austin, Waves of Mercy: Dual Timeline Historical Fiction with Friends to Lovers Romance

“Be careful what you wish for, dear. God just might move you halfway around the world someday.”
― Lynn Austin, Waves of Mercy