Quotes from Chris Fabry

Life is about making good choices, Matt. One after the other. They pile up day after day. It's only when you look back that you can see what the choices led to. What you're able to stand on.

Part of being a good parent was knowing when to say something and what to say, Elizabeth thought. The hardest part of parenting was knowing when to say nothing and listen.

It is a grace to be able to hold onto someone who runs at life when you can only imagine walking.

She [Pidge Bledsoe] supposed there was something gentle in every man, even the mean ones.

What happened when these people sang was more than just humans hitting notes. The music seemed to come from somewhere deep inside and when their voices united, it felt like goosebumps on the soul. Something like joy bubbled up from inside her and leaked through her eyes.

The believer's job was to come to God with a surrendered heart. To come empty-handed every morning not to get what you wanted but to receive all of who He was and what He wanted for you.

there is no gift to the world like a man doing what he enjoys.

Lord, thank You," Elizabeth whispered. "Thank You for Your mercy and Your goodness. Thank You for answering. And help me focus on the things I can see You doing instead of the things I can't see.

every day was bad news and worse than the one before it, and that was all you could expect from life.

So do Your work, do it in Your timing, and help us to be faithful while You work.

Being content is not a lack of ambition. It's being able to rest and relax and know your worth doesn't come from what others think of you or even what you think of you.

Every song, just like every person, has a story....All good songs leak from a broken heart. And the good ones don't give you something, as much as they take what's already inside and blow on the embers. [Mack Strum]

There are times when you want to turn up the volume on life and times when you want to turn it down and times when you just want to turn it off.

Clara had said all of life was a test about whether or not you really believed God. Every day you had a thousand choices to show God you were serious about following Him, serious about obeying Him, and one of the greatest tests was whether you would seek revenge against someone who did you wrong.

People let their feelings push them away from God or away from believing that their life makes a difference. They think that because they don't see God working the way they think He should work, He's not there. Or they think He doesn't care and they get discouraged." When

your identity will be tied to whatever you give your heart to. Doesn't sound like the Lord has first place.

sometimes you need permission to remember. There are things locked up inside all of us that we don't think are affecting us but have bearing on our lives every day." "You

God had used a blind man to show him what he couldn't see. That made John smile through his tears.

All her questions, all the fatigue and nausea and swelling and pain, vanished the moment she held her son.

God is not interested in making me comfortable or happy. His goal is to make me holy, like His Son. And

You take heart now. Be encouraged. The bad times are really the good times in disguise. And I'm going to get down on my knees tonight and ask God to break through. God is walking with you

Love is a commitment. Love is not just saying something, but doing something about what you say. Anybody can say the word, but few actually say it and live it.

Lord, You know that Tony is not the man I want him to be. He's not the man You want him to be. So I'm putting him right at the top here.

song—a long, winding tune that turns minor at times, major at times, but mostly is just running along in the background