Quotes from Susan May Warren

Trouble always feels personal. But it doesn't mean that God doesn't care about you. That He's out to get you. In fact, the opposite is true. God deliberately put Himself in the way of the ultimate tragedy to save you. That's what grace is...and frankly, He uses trouble to show you Himself.

Never go to war without God, Riley. Only when you belong completely to him can he truly use you.

God is glorified not in your strengths and not in your gratefulness, but in your weaknesses and in your trust in His future grace. In your faith that God didn't let you

So plan A is a bust. God can make plan B better than plan A ever would have been." Plan B. Or even plan C.

The Lord has already told you what is good, and this is what he requires: to do what is right, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.

banker, mayor of Frost—built their turreted

I love books. They're like a piece of my life I haven't lived yet.

Instead of telling yourself you can't have the happy ending, why don't you let go of all your dreams—and your fears—and let God show you how it ends. He's the master of happy endings—let him figure it out." She

Maybe because his main character never seems to get it right till the end. You know, he's not perfect, just real.

Life doesn't have to be perfect to be happy. Sometimes you have to find the happy places between the pain.

He's the author of dreams. And He's not a trickster. He doesn't give us a dream only to yank it away and laugh.

don't judge God based on your understanding of people. God isn't just a really good guy up in the sky. He is God. He operates on an entirely different set of rules. We'll never deserve His love, but He knows that, and He's chosen to love us anyway. We can accept it or not. But that doesn't change who He is. He's a God who loves us more than we can imagine and desires to fulfill the dreams He gives His children.

God is our refuge and our portion. Meaning, we don't have to be enough. He is all we need. We either embrace that or we walk away empty-handed.

I don't deserve the best." Mona's voice broke. "None of us do. But while we were still sinners, God chose to give us His best, and He will do nothing less after we are adopted as His children. We don't deserve grace, but because of God's character, we can expect it! If this dream is from Him, then you can expect Him to make it come true.

Colt wasn't the only brave one here. Wasn't the only one who was ready to do violence to keep people safe.

But I've long believed that marriage isn't just for our joy, but to make us stronger, better people. To change us into the people God wants us to be. And we do that through better . . . and worse.

You've always spent your life looking forward, the destination in mind. But faith is stepping forward without knowing the destination.

And yesterday, when she'd claimed a quiet place on

Nothing worth having comes without a price.

I will find you.

C'mon. Just a plate of food, and I promise, you don't have to talk to anyone. You can just perch yourself in the corner, eat a plate of ribs, and glower." She winked. "You know, be your usual self.

how faith is about trusting God when He seems farthest away. I'm wondering if, in those moments, we have to remember what we know about God, about what He's done for us.

When your heart's desire is the will of the Lord above everything else, then life loses its threat because His love will carry us through every situation.

I don't even know what intimacy is, Pastor." "It's belonging and believing and being loving to each other. It's vulnerability to the one person you trust most. It's saying, 'Here's my ugly, battered, wounded heart. I'm going to let you see it and trust you with it.' Did you ever let her see your grief?