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Lament is a cry of belief in a good God, a God who has His ear to our hearts, a God who transfigures the ugly into beauty. Complaint is the bitter howl of unbelief in any benevolent God in this moment, a distrust in the love-beat of the Father's heart.

Ann Voskamp

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Ann Voskamp
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: August 10
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Every mountain that every Christian ever faces, the Lord levels with sufficient grace.
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On the night He was betrayed Jesus broke bread and lifted it up and gave THANKS. If Jesus can give thanks in that, can we not give thanks in all?
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Gratitude is at the center of a life of faith. It sounds to simple to be true, but isn't that the sign of all deep truth: so simple we're tempted to dismiss it, and so hard, it is exactly what God uses to change our hard lives.
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God gives gifts and I give thanks and I unwrap the gift given: joy.
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God gives us time. And who has time for God?
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There are two kinds of doubt: one that fully lives into the questions, and one that uses the questions as weapons against fully living.
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I don't want a Christmas you can buy. I don't want a Christmas you can make. What I want is a Christmas you can hold. A Christmas that holds me, remakes me, revives me. I want a Christmas that whispers, Jesus.
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I didn't (and still don't) have comments [in my blog]. It's about simply writing for an audience of One.
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We all get to choose where we set up the stage of our lives - before the Crowds, the Court, the Congregation, the Critics (inner or otherwise)-- or the Cross of Christ. All except One will assess your performance. Only One will accept you before your performance ... Only in Jesus is there 100% acceptance before even 1% performance.
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Like the wind, Grace finds us wherever we are and won't leave us however we were found.
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