I Will Carry You Quotes

“Grief is a winding, nasty road that has no predictable course, and the best thing you can do as a friend is to show up for the ride. You cannot rush grief. Read that again, and let it soak in as you either walk through it or alongside someone who is in the midst of it. One of the best things you can do for friends who are suffering through loss is to remind them of this over and over. Don’t mention how other people have “coped so well” with their losses or how “it seems like so-and-so has come out of this better than you have.” I have heard from people who have heard these exact sentences, and while I have a feeling their friends wanted to encourage them into a place of recovery, they weren’t helped by such remarks. It stings to feel like your grief isn’t normal or that you aren’t recovering the way you should be. There is no normal. There is the loss, and there is the Lord. That balance dictates the season, not the changing leaves or the anniversaries of death. I love the way Gregory Floyd explains the delicate balance of hope and pain, “Our faith gives us the sure hope of seeing him again, but the hope does not take away the pain.”1”
― Angie Smith, I Will Carry You: The Sacred Dance of Grief and Joy

“Sorrow is one of the things that are lent, not given. A thing that is lent may be taken away; a thing that is given is not taken away. Joy is given; sorrow is lent. We are not our own, we are bought with a price . . . [Our sorrow] is lent us for just a little while that we may use it for eternal purposes. Then it will be taken away and everlasting joy will be our Father’s gift to us, and the Lord God will wipe away all the tears from off all faces. —Amy Carmichael”
― Angie Smith, I Will Carry You: The Sacred Dance of Grief and Joy

“all the while He is just waiting for the time that is right. He hasn’t forgotten, nor has He abandoned us.”
― Angie Smith, I Will Carry You: The Sacred Dance of Grief and Joy

“We listen, we praise, we walk in the direction of God’s voice, and we obey. It’s that simple. Sometimes that means we get to unbind and celebrate. Sometimes it means we don’t.”
― Angie Smith, I Will Carry You: The Sacred Dance of Grief and Joy

“as a burden carrier is twofold. Show up ready to walk alongside the one who grieves and commit to lifting that person up to the Lord in prayer.”
― Angie Smith, I Will Carry You: The Sacred Dance of Grief and Joy

“We can claim our unique journey as God’s way to mold our hearts to greater conformity to Christ. The cross, the primary symbol of our faith, invites us to see grace where there is pain; to see resurrection where there is death. The call to be grateful is a call to trust that every moment can be claimed as the way of the cross that leads to new life.3”
― Angie Smith, I Will Carry You: The Sacred Dance of Grief and Joy

“But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. (Isa. 53:5)”
― Angie Smith, I Will Carry You: The Sacred Dance of Grief and Joy

“It was just one of those times in life when you know that God is speaking.”
― Angie Smith, I Will Carry You: The Sacred Dance of Grief and Joy