Quotes from Susan May Warren

She never considered that her mother's leaving could cause her to be stuck in a sort of darkness, afraid to move. Yeah, she needed the sunrise like she needed breath.

love doesn't come from us - it's born in us, a birthright from God. We can't manufacture it, we can only release what He's given us. That nudge to forgive? I told you– I think that's love trying to break free.

And maybe that was the reason God sent him up there-to take a good look at himself, at the raw, brutal facts, and remind him that whatever line he cut behind him, grace always lay before him. A pristine, white, unblemished future.

Maybe that's why her flat in New York City had never felt like home. Because deep down, Vivien longed to be somewhere where people knew her. Somewhere she belonged.

The difference is Gabe lets God fight his battles. He lets God work in people's lives, and he lets them be human. Trusting God protects him, gives him the courage to risk opening his heart and let out love. He knows he is safely in God's shelter. He won't crumble if your father, or even you, let him down. God will hold him up.

Hope is the one thing that we have to give when the world is at its darkest.

She would be a tough one to win over. He saw it in the way she quickly hooded her feelings, snatching them in whenever they wandered. She didn't trust easily and depended only on herself

You've always spent your life looking forward, the destination in mind. But faith is stepping forward without knowing the destination. Your job, as a warrior of the Lord, is to listen. To walk in faith.

I'm saying that we don't know how God protects us. How he is there for us, but he is. We live our life seeing only our perspective—seeing our circumstances and judging God by what happens to us. But what if we judged God by what didn't happen to us? What if we started asking . . . God, what is your view? What did you protect me from?

God always answers. It's just a matter of how.

It's the way of evil. It is unrelenting. And the fight is always there. Our job is to just fight the battles we're assigned to fight.

You don't have to have special skills to be a hero. You just have to do what's right, despite the cost.

His voice softened, and he looked at her, his beautiful eyes glossy. "Cookie, if I could, I'd start all over with you. Do things right. Honor us both." ...His mouth opened. Closed. He swallowed, and a single tear dripped onto his cheek.

We're all stuck, a little bit, in the valley between who we want to be and who we are.

And hello, maybe you're exactly where you are supposed to be...maybe God used your issues to give you exactly what you wanted.

But love says it doesn't matter. True love - unconditional love - declares you worthy just because it chooses you. And there's nothing you can do about it.

You have to embrace the life you have, not the one you expected you'd have - or the one others expect you to have.

the thing about light is that it doesn't come from us. It's God in us that provides the light to the world. So if you want to be light to her, you'd better make sure that light is shining in you first.

You show up. You wait. You give. You sacrifice. You love anyway.

and grinned. "The lady

I won't die. I can't guarantee I won't do something stupid." -Colt

What if your story is better than you imagined and by holding on, you're only creating the ending you can see?...God has a bigger plan for you than you do for yourself.

God made you the way he did for a reason. Go, be awesome.

I've heard girls like it when you listen