Back to Joy Quotes

“You can never be fully in control, Toni, but I can. I AM in control. Trust Me.” Jesus gently invites me to reverse my vow and to trust Him instead of myself. He offers me His hand.”
― Toni M. Daniels, Back to Joy: An Intimate Journey with Jesus Into Emotional Health and Maturity

“Trust is the bridge from yesterday to tomorrow, built with planks of thanks… Remembering is an act of thanksgiving, a way of thanksgiving, this turn of the heart over time’s shoulder to see all the long way His arms have carried.”
― Toni M. Daniels, Back to Joy: An Intimate Journey with Jesus Into Emotional Health and Maturity

“Life is great loss, and joy is not the absence of pain, but the almost tangible presence of God in the midst of it.”
― Toni M. Daniels, Back to Joy: An Intimate Journey with Jesus Into Emotional Health and Maturity

“I want to give you a look inside my sometimes internally chaotic world full of lies, anger, shame, hopeless despair, and grief so you can see me move toward truth, peace, joy, hope, comfort, and freedom.”
― Toni M. Daniels, Back to Joy: An Intimate Journey with Jesus Into Emotional Health and Maturity

“On the other hand, when we follow Jesus back into our painful moments, He has the power to not only neutralize their damage in our lives, but to turn them into encounters with the Divine Creator who brings joy, peace, and healing.”
― Toni M. Daniels, Back to Joy: An Intimate Journey with Jesus Into Emotional Health and Maturity

“Joy, that feeling you get when someone is glad to be with you, has the power to manage all that goes on inside of us… when there is enough of it.”
― Toni M. Daniels, Back to Joy: An Intimate Journey with Jesus Into Emotional Health and Maturity