Quotes from Sharon Hinck

Perhaps the One knows that if I travel without anything else to rely on, I'll learn to rely more deeply on Him. (Susan Mitchell in THE DELIVERER)

I longed to be loved that way. You are, sweetheart. You are loved. Stop trying to be a savior, and let me carry you.

He gifted the people He made with an echo of His creative power.

Sometimes the hardest things to believe are the ones most important to accept.

Holy Maker of all, I'm setting out on the task to which You've called me. But I'm small and afraid. I need to hear Your voice again. I want to be sure of my next step.

From this distance of forgetting and reclaiming, I had more mercy on myself. I had poured my heart into serving. I could see now what I had been blind to then, that the One treasured my service, regardless of human measures of success. (Linette)

To not know is then part of the gift you offer Him. It is where your obedience is tested.

The weapon made me think of the Bible story I had been studying. "Wake up, Deborah! . . . Arise, O Barak

Destiny is measured in inches.

The man holding my hand was slim and wiry. Cropped black hair framed a face full of angles. He studied me with more curiosity than sympathy. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> He had the rough-edged look of a suspect on Crime Stoppers, complete with dark, piercing eyes. "My name is Kieran." He eased his hand away from mine, as though embarrassed by his earlier compassion. "A friend brought you here.

I wanted the gift of the shortest and easiest path. Instead, He gave me the gift of holding me close and strengthening me for the hard path. It took me a long time to understand that both were gifts. And as I embraced the second, my need for the first lost its tormenting grip.

You were meant to dance like a bird is meant to fly.

Bono, the lead singer of U2, said: "The idea that there's a force of love and logic behind the universe is overwhelming to start with…. But the idea that that same love and logic would choose to describe itself as a baby born in…straw and poverty is genius, and brings me to my knees, literally…. I am just in awe of that…. It's the thing that makes me a believer.