Searching for Spring Quotes

“what encourages me when I’m faced with the call of the cross in a newly exposed area of my life is when I look around at the beloved people in my church and see that the cross is just as relentless in their lives. They are living, breathing movie trailers displaying the future redemption story. My single friends who want to be married could be traipsing around the city dating and sleeping with anyone and everyone. They could be taking their future into their own hands rather than waiting on the Lord and entrusting themselves to him. My married friends who have experienced difficulties in their marriages could be taking their spouses to divorce court. My same-sex attracted friends could be succumbing to their desires. All these hold steady in truth and grace for the sake of the gospel, and their stories not only compel me to do the same but also solidify our bonds of unity and friendship and show me anew the surpassing worth of the gospel.”
― Christine Hoover, Searching for Spring: How God Makes All Things Beautiful in Time

“Even in the midst of horrendous suffering, God never leaves, never shames, and never is sidetracked from his goal of bringing redemptive beauty.”
― Christine Hoover, Searching for Spring: How God Makes All Things Beautiful in Time

“The death and resurrection of Christ was and is our healing, because in fulfilling what he said he’d do, he showed us that the gospel is true. If God can defeat death, there is nothing he can’t do, and there isn’t anyone who remains out of his reach. This means he really can make all things beautiful in their time, including me and including you.”
― Christine Hoover, Searching for Spring: How God Makes All Things Beautiful in Time

“In our own barrenness, in the unanswered prayer, we must know that God may be silent but he is never still.”
― Christine Hoover, Searching for Spring: How God Makes All Things Beautiful in Time

“God can make something beautiful out of you, even the most hopeless, broken-down thing in your life, especially that. The beauty will most likely come—you need to hear this, dear one—through pain, waiting, wrestling, and difficulty.”
― Christine Hoover, Searching for Spring: How God Makes All Things Beautiful in Time