Not Until Forever Quotes

“I don’t know your plans, Lord, and it scares me to give over control of my life, my future. Help me to trust you to lead me to the life you know is right for me.”
― Valerie M. Bodden, Not Until Forever

“You’ve always worked so hard to prove yourself, to earn everything, to be the best. But some things you don’t have to earn. They’re just . . . gifts.”
― Valerie M. Bodden, Not Until Forever

“You will never be enough on your own.” Pastor Zelner’s eyes locked right on hers—this time she was sure of it. Nana had probably orchestrated that. “But that’s okay. Because you don’t need to be enough. God doesn’t care what you’ve accomplished. He loves you without condition. When you look to Christ, you will triumph. You will have everything. You will have the victory.”
― Valerie M. Bodden, Not Until Forever

“She knew her worth was in Christ alone.” He shot her a gentle smile, then moved toward the other side of the church, letting his eyes sweep over the people. “The last time I met with Alice, she knew the end was near. And though she was sad to leave her family behind, she knew with absolute certainty where she was going.”
― Valerie M. Bodden, Not Until Forever

“And Alice would have been the first one to tell you that life wasn’t about anything she was or anything she did or anything she achieved or gave. She knew that without Jesus, we are all worthless in God’s sight.”
― Valerie M. Bodden, Not Until Forever

“And if you let yourself feel that hurt now, it will get better someday. You’ll be able to heal. But if you don’t—if you keep trying to run from those feelings, they’ll catch up with you eventually. And it will be so much harder.”
― Valerie M. Bodden, Not Until Forever

“My prayer for you, on the day of your birth, is that you would turn away from the wisdom of this world. From a desire for fame and glory and achievement. For recognition from people. That wisdom is too fleeting, too easily lost. I pray that you seek instead the wisdom from above. The wisdom that tells you that you are loved unconditionally by your heavenly father. And by me.”
― Valerie M. Bodden, Not Until Forever

“You told me that you’d always try to hold me up, but when you couldn’t God would still be there, holding me.”
― Valerie M. Bodden, Not Until Forever

“Whenever you look at that ring, you remember that forever is real. Not here. But after, in heaven. And you keep your heart open. To God. And to the people he puts into your life to love you. For however long they’re part of it.”
― Valerie M. Bodden, Not Until Forever

“But God demonstrates his own love for us in this. While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
― Valerie M. Bodden, Not Until Forever

“It’s a fitting name. My prayer for you, on the day of your birth, is that you would turn away from the wisdom of this world. From a desire for fame and glory and achievement. For recognition from people. That wisdom is too fleeting, too easily lost. I pray that you seek instead the wisdom from above. The wisdom that tells you that you are loved unconditionally by your heavenly father. And by me.”
― Valerie M. Bodden, Not Until Forever

“She may not know what she wanted to do with her life. But she knew who she wanted to share it with. If it wasn't too late.”
― Valerie M. Bodden, Not Until Forever

“The past two weeks had felt so much like a dream. Maybe it was best if she kept it that way. Dreams couldn't disappoint the way real life could.”
― Valerie M. Bodden, Not Until Forever

“Spencer closed his eyes, all the pent-up frustration leaking from him. In its place he was left with something even harder to handle. Hope.”
― Valerie M. Bodden, Not Until Forever

“It turned out he'd been offering her everything she needed. And she hadn't realized it until this moment. When it was too late.”
― Valerie M. Bodden, Not Until Forever

“You will never be enough on your own. But that's okay. Because you don't need to be enough. God doesn't care what you've accomplished. He loves you without condition. When you look to Christ, you will triumph. You will have everything. You will have the victory.”
― Valerie M. Bodden, Not Until Forever