The Well-Watered Woman Quotes

“If you want to know what you truly believe, take note of the thoughts that tumble through your mind. What do you dream about? What discourages you or unsettles you? What sets your soul on fire?”
― Gretchen Saffles, The Well-Watered Woman: Rooted in Truth, Growing in Grace, Flourishing in Faith

“In other words: life won’t ever be easy, but God is always good.”
― Gretchen Saffles, The Well-Watered Woman: Rooted in Truth, Growing in Grace, Flourishing in Faith

“The Well-Watered Woman isn’t the perfect woman. She’s fueled by the undeserved grace of God, not by her ambitions to be a “good girl.” She recognizes that the good within her comes from God alone (see Psalm 16:2; Galatians 5:22-23). Jesus has set her free from her past mistakes, and she lives as a new creation (see 2 Corinthians 5:17). He has given her a fresh start, and his mercy propels her forward in love and obedience each day. She has come to the end of herself and found a new beginning in Jesus. Her future is secure, and her new life is most hopeful of all—eternity with Christ. The goal of the Well-Watered Woman isn’t to be someone but to know someone—the one who changes everything. Her ambitions and dreams are being transformed by Jesus as he shows her, day by day, the better way to live. As she makes it her daily pursuit to know Jesus, she becomes the someone God created her to be: the Well-Watered Woman.”
― Gretchen Saffles, The Well-Watered Woman: Rooted in Truth, Growing in Grace, Flourishing in Faith

“As countercultural as this idea is, it’s the secret to the Christian life—to life that is abundant, fruitful, and free. Those who gladly take up their cross, deny their sin nature, and follow Jesus are the ones who truly live. And this happens in even the most ordinary, mundane moments of life.”
― Gretchen Saffles, The Well-Watered Woman: Rooted in Truth, Growing in Grace, Flourishing in Faith

“There’s more to life than checking things off a bucket list or prioritizing our relationships. Are we dying to live the “good life” the world offers? Or have we embraced the “Christ life”—the best life, which is made possible only through dying to ourselves?”
― Gretchen Saffles, The Well-Watered Woman: Rooted in Truth, Growing in Grace, Flourishing in Faith

“The Christian life is about both dying and living. It’s about receiving the gospel and preaching it to ourselves and others over and over again.”
― Gretchen Saffles, The Well-Watered Woman: Rooted in Truth, Growing in Grace, Flourishing in Faith

“You don’t have to be blooming to be growing.”
― Gretchen Saffles, The Well-Watered Woman: Rooted in Truth, Growing in Grace, Flourishing in Faith

“my true identity in Christ—that in him, I’m a new creation, deeply loved, and made on purpose (see 2 Corinthians 5:17; Ephesians 2:10; 1 John 3:1).”
― Gretchen Saffles, The Well-Watered Woman: Rooted in Truth, Growing in Grace, Flourishing in Faith

“It was in that season that the Lord taught me to long for him more than productivity.”
― Gretchen Saffles, The Well-Watered Woman: Rooted in Truth, Growing in Grace, Flourishing in Faith

“The Bible isn’t a formula, a quick fix, or a self-help strategy plan; it is a life-transforming love letter from the heart of God to you and me. In an age where so many seek to better themselves through worldly methods, we as Christ-followers must cling to this truth: “The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever” (Isaiah 40:8). A soul anchored to the hope found in the life, death, and resurrection of Christ will always bloom where it’s planted.”
― Gretchen Saffles, The Well-Watered Woman: Rooted in Truth, Growing in Grace, Flourishing in Faith

“Gospel root: You can never do enough or be enough to satisfy the masses. The most productive thing you can do is to love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself (see Matthew 22:37-38).”
― Gretchen Saffles, The Well-Watered Woman: Rooted in Truth, Growing in Grace, Flourishing in Faith

“Growth is rarely glamorous; instead, it’s forged in the rocky hills of hardship, the valleys of suffering, and the foggy paths of waiting. It’s marked by a gradual movement toward Christ in the middle of the messy, mundane moments of life. If you expect life to be perfect, you will be let down every time. But if you embrace the struggle, eyes glued to Jesus, you will surrender to your Savior and find in him the perfection you long for. He’s working in your waiting, creating a masterpiece out of your mess. In other words: life won’t ever be easy, but God is always good.”
― Gretchen Saffles, The Well-Watered Woman: Rooted in Truth, Growing in Grace, Flourishing in Faith

“God hasn’t called us to tomorrow; he has entrusted us with today. And today might include a wilderness, a Red Sea, or an exile. It might include a temporary home, a stint in enemy territory, or a situation you never would have chosen. Today is also a day to be faithful, to plant a garden, to hold tight to God’s promises that have already been fulfilled in the blood of Jesus Christ.”
― Gretchen Saffles, The Well-Watered Woman: Rooted in Truth, Growing in Grace, Flourishing in Faith

“Jesus, who is the Well of living water, the Word of freedom, and the Way of fruitfulness will reign in the glorious, well-watered Garden, and we will spend eternity worshiping and serving him. We will behold him fully, and his name will be written on our foreheads, never to be erased (see Revelation 22:4). No longer will our identity roots be tangled with lies. No longer will the weeds of sin threaten to destroy us. No longer will we harvest rotten fruit. No longer will we languish, struggle, toil, and encounter trouble. We will enjoy the fruit of the glory of God as we drink deeply of the living water forever and ever (see John 4:14; Revelation 22:1).”
― Gretchen Saffles, The Well-Watered Woman: Rooted in Truth, Growing in Grace, Flourishing in Faith

“The commission is clear: go and make disciples.”
― Gretchen Saffles, The Well-Watered Woman: Rooted in Truth, Growing in Grace, Flourishing in Faith

“When your heart accuses you and says, “You’re so worthless. Look at the way you’ve failed him again!” you can confidently answer, “It is true that on my own I am worthless, but he has made me completely righteous in his Son. He has declared that he loves me and his love is now the most important thing about me. I believe that he won’t stop loving me until he stops loving his own Son. I can begin to serve him again because I know he is here, with me, sustaining me and granting me his grace.”
― Gretchen Saffles, The Well-Watered Woman: Rooted in Truth, Growing in Grace, Flourishing in Faith

“It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.”
― Gretchen Saffles, The Well-Watered Woman: Rooted in Truth, Growing in Grace, Flourishing in Faith

“Our core beliefs shape our thoughts, which embody our actions. If you want to know what you truly believe, take note of the thoughts that tumble through your mind. What do you dream about? What discourages you or unsettles you? What sets your soul on fire?”
― Gretchen Saffles, The Well-Watered Woman: Rooted in Truth, Growing in Grace, Flourishing in Faith

“often don’t know what I really think or believe until I start writing or talking. In the outpouring of words, my spiritual eyes can see what’s really growing in my soul.”
― Gretchen Saffles, The Well-Watered Woman: Rooted in Truth, Growing in Grace, Flourishing in Faith

“So if you feel you’re at your end, or nearing your end, you’re actually in the perfect place. Because it’s in your ending that you will find the perfect beginning in Christ.”
― Gretchen Saffles, The Well-Watered Woman: Rooted in Truth, Growing in Grace, Flourishing in Faith

“He is infinitely patient, and he takes the long view when it comes to our growth.”
― Gretchen Saffles, The Well-Watered Woman: Rooted in Truth, Growing in Grace, Flourishing in Faith

“Charles Spurgeon, known as the “prince of preachers,” said, “Thorns and thistles shall the earth bring forth to thee, but if these bring thee nearer to thy God, they are the best crop the ground can grow!”
― Gretchen Saffles, The Well-Watered Woman: Rooted in Truth, Growing in Grace, Flourishing in Faith

“The Well-Watered Woman is like a seed planted by God—continually growing by his grace, sustained by his promises.”
― Gretchen Saffles, The Well-Watered Woman: Rooted in Truth, Growing in Grace, Flourishing in Faith

“Hace muchos años, durante una época en la que mi corazón era poco más que cenizas, escuché un mensaje del pastor Matt Chandler, en el cual planteó esta pregunta: «¿Qué despierta y realza su amor por Jesús?»[2]. Nunca había pensado que mi andar con Dios o mis sentimientos hacia él necesitaran ser «despertados» o «realzados». En la vida, siempre hice de tripas corazón, pero no estaba haciendo activamente todo lo posible por mantener encendido mi amor por Jesús. Durante las semanas que siguieron, mientras meditaba en estas preguntas y escribía mis respuestas, me sorprendió ver los temas que afloraron. La brisa suave, un atardecer de acuarelas, las carcajadas de mi bebé, una canción de adoración mientras lavaba los platos; todas eran cosas que me recordaban la gracia de Dios en mi vida cotidiana. Estar despierta antes del amanecer con una taza de café recién hecho en la mano, hacer una pausa en medio del día para reflexionar en las Escrituras, disfrutar de una conversación profunda con una amiga, adorar en la iglesia, leer un buen libro; todo esto me conducía al gozo de conocer a Dios y de que él me conozca y me ame.”
― Gretchen Saffles, La mujer cultivada en Su Palabra: Arraigada en verdad, creciendo en gracia, floreciendo en fe