Let God Love You Quotes

“One Holocaust survivor was often told by friends, “I cannot believe in a God who allows such things to happen.” Her response was simply, “That is the only God there is.” Poignantly, we either open our hearts to this God for companionship in surviving, learning from, healing from, and preventing such catastrophes in the future, or we succumb to the devastating illusion that we are utterly alone with disastrous and pointless outcomes of our own and others’ agency. Even”
― Wendy Ulrich, Let God Love You: why we don't, how we can

“I believe Gods power to redeem—to bring holiness out of suffering—is as vast and limitless as His power to bring order and beauty out of chaos. But I can only hold onto these lofty perspectives when I am convinced of and held in God’s love. My grasp on that love is too often tenuous, even though He always teaches out to me. I have to work hard to remember and be willing to invite God to sit with me and know me.”
― Wendy Ulrich, Let God Love You: why we don't, how we can

“We can soothe our anxiety about the future God has in store by making sure the image of God we hold when we pray is consistent with who God really is: merciful, good, wise, kind, patient, strong, and humble. We can choose to trust our own resilience, rather than putting all our effort into making sure God will keep us safe. And we can look for the ways God has already turned the straw and refuse of our lives into the gold of wisdom, character, charity, and other priceless gifts, remembering that He will surely continue to do so.”
― Wendy Ulrich, Let God Love You: why we don't, how we can

“He has thrown himself heart and soul into a match made in Heaven as He vies for our love and trust. Now we have to choose again and again through all the inevitable periods of struggle and distance to trust Him as much as He has trusted us.”
― Wendy Ulrich, Let God Love You: why we don't, how we can

“Drawing closer to the Lord doesn’t set us up for problems. It strengthens our resilience, allowing us to find peace even when we cannot change our circumstances. God cannot teach us what we need to know by only giving life’s hardest puzzles to someone else, however. Growing up in God requires us to relinquish the false hope for permanent safety and protection.”
― Wendy Ulrich, Let God Love You: why we don't, how we can

“In feeling Him join me in my human frustration, I felt like I could join Him in His godly perspective.”
― Wendy Ulrich, Let God Love You: why we don't, how we can

“While there may be multiple ways of understanding our relationship dilemmas with God (maybe we need clearer understanding of doctrine, more repentance, or great patience), there is often something else at play that may not reflect a lack of righteousness on our part or a lack of accessibility on God's part. It may be simply that God is inviting us into a deeply intimate relationship with Him, and that this kind of closeness requires us to change not only our behavior but also some of our most basic assumptions about ourselves and life.”
― Wendy Ulrich, Let God Love You: why we don't, how we can

“Some of what we learn from our mortal relationships encourages us to trust our Father in Heaven and His Son, Jesus Christ, and to reach optimistically toward Them. Some of what we learn can interfere with that trust, making it hard to comprehend Their love, let alone be filled with it. We can be left feeling dry and uprooted, unsure of how to tap into the living water at our feet.”
― Wendy Ulrich, Let God Love You: why we don't, how we can