How to Have Your Life Not Suck Quotes

“As C. S. Lewis said, “God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pain.”
― Bianca Juarez Olthoff, How to Have Your Life Not Suck

“Sometimes we shy away from helping because we feel our help is inconsequential or meaningless. But hesed is never without effect. We might be the answer to someone’s problem. We might be the solution to someone’s issue. We might be the hesed we are praying for. Be brave and look for ways to help those in need.”
― Bianca Juarez Olthoff, How to Have Your Life Not Suck

“Unfortunately, Ruth had two strikes against her. Not only was she an immigrant, she was an immigrant from a despised land, Moab. As people who were birthed out of incest and worshipers of a false god, Ruth’s family would have been ostracized and despised among the chosen children of Israel. If the conversation had stopped there, Ruth’s story might have ended as quickly as it began. But the overseer revealed to Boaz that Ruth was a hard worker who didn’t take lots of breaks. In that small byline, that brief inclusion, Ruth’s character spoke louder than her social status, marital status, or immigration status. Thank goodness there is always more to our stories; our history and heritage do not determine our outcomes.”
― Bianca Juarez Olthoff, How to Have Your Life Not Suck