Once I Knew Quotes

“You are a woman who has shown me what it means to be called by destiny at the hand of God and walk in it.”
― Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew

“There is good left in this world, Violet. We can’t expect Him to destroy every last inch of it just to rescue us. This isn’t the first time in history that His people have been cut down and destroyed. Remember Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego? They were thrown into a fiery furnace. He rescued them. Will He not do the same for us?”
The mention of fire made her wince. “The furnace feels mighty hot right now.” […]
“But He’s right here with us in the fire. Don’t you see Him?”
― Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew

“I only did what anyone ought to do.”
“But no one would.”
― Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew

“Doing the right thing did not always mean it was done without fear.”
― Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew

“You are all the dowry that I desire and all the wealth I could ever possess. Nothing else compares to the wealth of your spirit and the strength of your heart. I love you with all that is within me, my flower. Only let me show you and I will cherish you for all of my days.”
― Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew

“Lord, it hurts.” She whimpered softly. “When will it end?”
― Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew

“Time would tell how much he would remember, if anything at all. She hoped to high heaven that it was the latter.”
― Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew

“The voices of others had tugged at his mind, offered him many things that in the moment had been his deepest desires. He had been in pursuit of his pleasures, but they had never filled the aching holes within him. The places that had desperately cried out for a loving father, a caring mother, and the wise counsel that he so desperately needed. The heart that longed to be accepted, even in the midst of heartache.”
― Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew

“My forgiveness has covered you. My calling has marked you. My heart is strong within you. Fight now beside Me to master yourself and the voices that lie to you. Step forth into the destiny you were born into and the provision you will bring to this nation.”
― Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew

“Traveling the roads alone was a temptation for evil”
― Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew

“The work had been petty, small for a man like him, tasks that most grown men would disdain to touch, but he did it with a willing heart...”
― Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew

“Their faces blurred in his sight. Combining, and then morphing back into individuals. Swirling, spinning,
dancing the night away.”
― Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew

“Her head had taken to constantly pounding, and despite the massive amount of work to be done, all she felt like doing was curling up on her little mat by the fire and falling asleep for enough hours to bring
her back to her normal, cheerful, rested self. But every time her head hit the pillow, no sleep came for the worrying. No matter how hard she tried, she always tossed and turned, nervous, anxious, and overwhelmed at the possibilities of the dangers that presented themselves at every corner.”
― Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew

“She remembered her father's tears, her mother’s cold, white hand, and the perfect, tiny, porcelain face of her still-born baby brother.”
― Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew

“He wished he knew what on earth to do with himself.”
― Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew

“[S]he knew that no matter how vile the person, she could not refuse the common decency of saving their life and caring for their wounds. It was what her Savior would have done, and after all He had offered her, how could she refuse to live in a manner worthy of that sacrifice?”
― Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew

“[O]ffering a prayer was never an idle gesture.”
― Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew

“Dirt under her fingernails, the gentle breeze in her hair, and the sound of the wind rustling through the leaves like a soft hand stroking the fabric of the earth soothed her senses; it all culminated into one of the most comforting feelings in the world.”
― Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew

“She sat up straight, her back tight but strong, her head held high as she rode through the streets of Niran, looking fear in the face and putting it where it belonged. At her feet.”
― Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew

“Fear equaled power. Elgon now knew that kindness equaled loyalty, and he would fight every fiery bone in his body to see justice done.”
― Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew

“The torrent of emotion that welled within her breast wasn’t the overwhelming wave of a storm-tossed ocean, it was the gentle cooling and healing of a mountain stream, running over the drenched and war-torn land of her heart and healing the cracks and crevices that had formed.”
― Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew

“God had walked beside her in these fields. His hands on her heart as she had swung her scythe. His touch had floated to her on the breeze, His comfort toying with her hair on every gust of wind. His tears had fallen with hers in the rain, and the clatter of the leaves in the forest had signaled His presence, and the voices of the trees were His voice, whispering His promises and words to her with every breath. His presence had met her and been with her while she worked, restoring her mind in ways she had not known possible. He had carried the grief with her as she carried sheaf after sheaf, laying them within the unburned part of the barn for storage from the elements while He reminded her again and again of every word from His book that was stored within her heart.”
― Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew

“Her consolation was the sunlight, fall breeze, and the field full of wheat, ripened on the stalks and ready to be harvested.”
― Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew

“Follow My ways, for whom I have called, I will not abandon.”
― Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew

“ Show mercy and grace as I have shown it to you.”
― Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew

“You serve a higher calling and a higher purpose. Do not set your sights too closely on this earth, but look to My kingdom.”
― Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew

“The pain, emotions, and fear that she had held at arm’s length for years would come tumbling over, swallowing her whole in its tempest and leaving nothing in return. A tsunami, drowning her with the impossible.”
― Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew

“Their country was a lawless one, run by rugged mountain men who forced its people into servitude, their children into service to the country, and bled their resources dry.”
― Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew

“The old Elgon was dead. A new one had arisen in his stead. And this one was ruled by Christ, not man.”
― Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew

“He knew. He knew she lived by the scripture that said, Behold, I am a new creation. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me.”
― Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew