Quotes from Janette Oke

A quiet morning with a loving God puts the events of the upcoming day into proper perspective.

When God allows something to be taken from you, He replaces it with something better.

A good friend remembers what we were and sees what we can be.

Home is where you will always have a place, where you will always feel loved, and you will never be alone.

The truth of God's love is not that He allows bad things to happen, it's his promise that he will be there with us--when they do.

Sometimes love isn't fireworks, sometimes love just comes softly.

When you read you can have every adventure. In the pages of a book you can be anyone you ever dreamed of being... They can never tell you you're too young to slay the dragon -- because it all happens right here, where it's safe.

Blessings sometimes show up in unrecognizable disguises.

Impatience can cause wise people to do foolish things.

Those who choose to be servants know the most about being free.

Home is where you will always have a place, where you will always feel loved, and you will never be alone.

When God allows something to be taken from you, He replaces it with something better.

True love is born of experience, not fairy dust.

Having someone who understands is a great blessing for ourselves. Being someone who understands is a great blessing to others.

She thanked God that life was not always winter, that spring always came at last to chase away the cold and heaviness, and to release one to warmth and movement again.

People who live in fear tend to do a powerful lot of nothing.

God will show you who to partner with when the time comes.

Sometimes, the darkest part of the morning is just before dawn

But If it is to be, or not, That's all in God's hands.

God knows best. We can trust Him with our lives as well as our eternal souls. He does not take something from us without filling that spot with something just as good--- and because it's from Him, even much better

God loves you, that He plans for your good, not your hurt. "It's true that things happen in life that seem wrong and are painful, but it isn't because God likes to see us suffer. He wants to see us grow. He wants us to love Him, to trust Him.

And just as simply as that, it was over. She was no longer a student in the local town. She was a graduate. An adult. She thought she should feel something. Older.Wiser. But she felt nothing but a strange emptiness. An inner knowledge that she was now on the edge of the nest, ready to try her own wings

There was no use grieving over what might have been

I don't understand all about God, but there's one thing that I'm as sure of as the fact that I live and breathe. He loves us. He loves us completely, and always keeps our good in mind.