Quotes About Trust

I don't know," she said softly. "But if God has shown us bad times ahead, it's enough for me that He knows about them. That's why He sometimes shows us things, you know—to tell us that this too is in His hands.

That's the S.D.'s favorite trick—feeling for a warm spot on a bed." © Hans Poley/Nederlands fotomuseum, Rotterdam Two Jewish women during an actual drill of the hiding place in 1943.

We didn't know, of course, the political views of all these people. But—and here I felt a strange leaping of my heart—God did! My job was simply to follow His leading one step at a time, holding every decision up to Him in prayer. I knew I was not clever or subtle or sophisticated; if the Beje was becoming a meeting place for need and supply, it was through some strategy far higher than mine. A

And our wise Father in heaven knows when we're going to need things, too. Don't run out ahead of Him, Corrie. When the time comes that some of us will have to die, you will look into your heart and find the strength you need—just in time.

Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, and receives the impossible.

if God has shown us bad times ahead, it's enough for me that He knows about them. That's why He sometimes shows us things, you know—to tell us that this too is in His hands." F

Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word... Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe...

this is what the past is for! Every experience God gives us, every person He puts in our lives is the perfect preparation for a future that only He can see.

However, I reasoned, perhaps she had not experienced miracles before.

But if God has shown us bad times ahead, it's enough for me that He knows about them. That's why He sometimes shows us things, you know - to tell us that this too is in His hands.

There are no 'if's' in God's world. And no places that are safer than other places. The center of His will is our only safety...

Always when I say that I am not able, I get the same answer from the Lord. He says, "I know you can't. I have known it already a long time. I am glad now you know it for yourself for now you can let Me do it." "All right, Lord, You do it," I said. And surely the Lord did.

Corrie (as a child) and her father: "When you and I go to Amsterdam — when do I give you your ticket?" "Why, just before we get on the train." "Exactly, And our wise Father in heaven knows we're going to need things, too. Don't run ahead of him, Corrie. When the time comes that some of us will have to die, you will look into your heart and find the strength you need — just in time.

I looked at my sister kneeling beside me in the light of burning Holland. "Oh Lord," I whispered, "listen to Betsie, not me, because I cannot pray for those men at all.

and uncared for. Nor could I see the necessity for the complete undressing:

Yes," he said. "And it would be a pretty poor father who would ask his little girl to carry such a load. It's the same way, Corrie, with knowledge. Some knowledge is too heavy for children. When you are older and stronger you can bear it. For now you must trust me to carry it for you." And I was satisfied. More than satisfied—wonderfully at peace.

Beware the flatterer: he feeds you with an empty spoon.

I've got some great guy friends. They can start out as crushes. But when you realize something isn't going to happen, you make a choice whether or not the friendship is worth it. And it usually is. Then you can laugh about the fact that you used to have a crush on him or he had one on you.

Is marriage for ever? I think you get married with the intention that it will be, but who knows?

If you write to us," Luka had said with tears in his eyes, "don't ever sign your name or send an address.

Leaders inspire accountability through their ability to accept responsibility before they place blame.

A stable Country equals a stable world

People could not be trusted. They always let you down, and Will Sinclair had already proven that to her, hadn't he?

Easy, laid back and sexy as all get out. That pretty much summed up Josh Dixon. And none of those things were what she should be thinking about right now. Untrustworthy, unreliable and unfaithful. That's what she should be thinking.