Quotes About Belonging

Normal people let relationships fill their homes.

I looked down at her face, with her flushed cheeks and damp strands of hair, and thought, Whether it's simply some fierce animal joining of mates or a sublime merging of souls, she is mine, and I am hers.

No estoy hecho para estar sólo.

We were created to live in community. We are designed by God for relationships.

Whenever you feel unimportant, unloved, or insecure, remember to whom you belong.

Como cristianos somos llamados a pertenecer, no tan solo a creer.

The Christian life is more than just commitment to Christ; it includes a commitment to other Christians.

He calls you beloved, royalty, and his child.

One thing I'd learned growing up was that no matter who claimed you, you had to first claim yourself.

Pa još se uopšte nisam privikao ovom svetu, koji mi se ?ini dobar. Šta ?u u nekom drugom ? Tako bih rado ostao me?u zna?enjima koja sam zavoleo, pa ako se ve? nešto mora promeniti želeo bih da bar smem živeti me?u psima, koji imaju srodan svet i iste stvari.

The reward for conformity was that everyone liked you except yourself.

These books gave Matilda a hopeful and comforting message: You are not alone.

The books gave Matilda a comforting message: You are not alone. -Matilda

Da igual quién seas o qué aspecto tengas mientras alguien te quiera.

Bukan masalah siapa dirimu atau seperti apa penampilanmu, selama ada yang menyayangimu.( hal 216)

It doesn't matter who you are or what you look like, so long as somebody loves you.

It doesn't matter who you are or what you look like so long as somebody loves you.

Grace is when you aren't striving or controlling or trying to change or manipulate or make something happen. Grace is when you find yourself carried along, when all that's left to do is receive. Grace is when you know you're loved, exactly as you are. Grace is an entirely different way of experiencing life. Another word for grace is gift.

When I talk about the God who is with us, for us, and ahead of us, I'm talking about our facing that which most terrifies us about ourselves, embracing it and fearing it no longer, refusing to allow it to exist separate from the rest of our being, resting assured that we are loved and we belong and we are going to be just fine.

Grace is when you aren't striving or controlling or trying to change or manipulate or make something happen. Grace is when you find yourself carried along, when all that's left to do is receive. Grace is when you know you're loved, exactly as you are. Grace is an entirely different way of experiencing life.

Gospel is the divine announcement that you are loved and accepted exactly as you are, that everything has been taken care of, that everything you've been striving to earn has been yours the entire time, that you belong, in exactly this condition that you are currently in, nothing additional required or needed.

Gospel is the announcement of who God insists you are. You're a child of God, not because of how great you are but because God has all kinds of kids and you're one of them.

This is why loneliness creates such a deep ache in our bones. It's holding up—and working against—the direction the universe has been heading for over thirteen billion years. Same with racism. Regardless of where we come from or what we look like, we're all humans, and when humans fail to bond and unite and connect with other humans, that's going against the direction the universe has been going for thirteen billion years.

I was possessed by what the Germans call Sehnsucht, one of those wonderfully untranslatable words that combines longing and nostalgia for a home that one doesn't even know is one's home.