Not Until This Moment Quotes

“Just remember that even if your earthly father is less than perfect, you have a heavenly father who loves you perfectly.”
― Valerie M. Bodden, Not Until This Moment

“He could tell himself he'd get over her someday. But it wasn't true. And he didn't really want it to be.”
― Valerie M. Bodden, Not Until This Moment

“Her eyes were what had drawn him to her in the first place. So impossibly light they were almost transparent. But it was more than their color. It was their warmth. Their sincerity. The way they revealed everything she felt.
Which was also what scared him about them.”
― Valerie M. Bodden, Not Until This Moment

“But it took away the constant pressure of trying to make things happen in her own time. The constant despair when things didn’t work out according to her plans.”
― Valerie M. Bodden, Not Until This Moment

“But surrendering herself to God’s will had filled her with a kind of joy she’d never known before.”
― Valerie M. Bodden, Not Until This Moment

“God’s plan is for you to honor and serve him, whether you marry or not,” Dan finally said. “And if you do marry, his plan is for you to honor and serve your wife. To build her up in her faith. To be there for her, to protect her, to love her through everything. So I guess the real question is, do you love her?”
― Valerie M. Bodden, Not Until This Moment

“God’s plan is for us to honor and serve him. And there are a lot of ways we can do that―many of them not necessarily better or worse than others.”
― Valerie M. Bodden, Not Until This Moment

“Help me to be content with the hope and the future you give me, even if it means remaining single. Simply praying the words pierced her heart, but as she stood to sing the next song, a stillness settled over her. Trusting God with her future was right. No matter where he may lead her.”
― Valerie M. Bodden, Not Until This Moment

“Help me to stop fighting your plans. Whatever they are, I know they are better than any plan I could come up with.”
― Valerie M. Bodden, Not Until This Moment

“I was running after my plans. Not God’s. And that was about the dumbest thing I could do. Who was I to think that I knew what was best for my future? God’s plans are perfect. Why would I want anything less than that?”
― Valerie M. Bodden, Not Until This Moment

“Jeremiah 29:11. God says, ‘For I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
― Valerie M. Bodden, Not Until This Moment

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11”
― Valerie M. Bodden, Not Until This Moment

“A year ago, she'd been sure she'd never be happy again. But surrendering herself to God's will had filled her with a kind of joy she'd never known before.”
― Valerie M. Bodden, Not Until This Moment

“She'd always been touched when people prayed for her. But to hear Jared praying for her? That arrowed right into her heart. In the best way.”
― Valerie M. Bodden, Not Until This Moment

“Okay, Lord. The prayer flowed from her heart. Help me to stop fighting your plans. Whatever they are, I know they are better than any plan I could come up with.”
― Valerie M. Bodden, Not Until This Moment

“Peyton could picture exactly how the bride's face would look. She'd seen that look on every bride's face at every wedding she'd ever been to. It was the look that said this was the happiest day of her life.”
― Valerie M. Bodden, Not Until This Moment