Quotes from Terri Blackstock

Our job is to stand up for our beliefs, cling to them no matter what, and wait for our redemption. Jesus will not let us down.

Being from a Christian family doesn't make you a Christian any more than sitting in a garage —

This life is not about our comfort. We have an eternity for that. I really think this is about training and testing. We will have work to do in Heaven, work that is fulfilling and perfect for us. God needs to develop certain skill sets in us before that time. That may be what this life is about.

So could it be that good can come out of suffering? That God uses it to build things into us? Things we might need?

Instead of worrying, we need to be seeking His kingdom and His righteousness.

No, no, not at all. I'm a professional. If I can't take criticism, how will I ever grow?

But living in fear is no kind of life. We have to trust God. That doesn't mean bad things won't happen. But we know He's in charge.

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

every expression of gratitude is a prayer, which means the practice of intentional gratitude leads directly to a life lived in continual worship." He

Is quick relief worth it? No, it isn't. I'd rather take the pain myself so they won't have to.

They send you to places where bombs explode like jack-in-the-boxes, blowing your friends to pieces before your eyes. Then they punish you when you can't stop thinking about it.

She was a gift he hadn't let himself ask for. But God was good and provided what he needed.

You can't just check out and think it will all be over. It won't be over for anyone who loves you. You'll only leave them to run after the pieces that scatter in the angry wind. You'll leave them desperately trying to solve the problems you wouldn't . . . all while plugging their own wounds. Even if you're like me, single without children, you could impact generations.

Maybe we all need a glimpse of life without someone we love once in a while, just to teach us not to take them for granted.

You're the prettiest girl I've ever known," he said. She smiled, knowing it wasn't true. But it was true to him.

What about you, Ian? Why don't you come too? Can't. I'm Jewish. You are not Jewish! You're Italian. I was thinking of converting.

Starting immediately, thank God for every gift He gives, from those as small as a whiff of honeysuckle or jasmine in your backyard, to the realization that you just had a few moments without back pain, to really big things like the fact that [people you love] are in the next room safe and sound. "I'm

Thank goodness God is still faithful even when we're faithless.

Jesus said, 'You have not, because you ask not.

She had always asked him what, exactly, he was training for. Now she knew.

Ben's chances in the campaign.

Someone really wise once told me that even Christians aren't immune to tragedy. That we can't use this fallen world to gauge our value to God.

His tears reached deep inside and tore great chunks from what was left of his heart.

The story of her personal journey appears in books such as Touched By the Savior by Mike Yorkey, True Stories of Answered Prayer by Mike Nappa, Faces of Faith by John Hanna, and I Saw Him in Your Eyes by Ace Collins.