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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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Kathie Lee [Gifford] invited me to come to New York for lunch with her - and surprised with an unexpected shout out again for One Thousand Gifts on the show and graciously asked a few questions on camera. Indebted to her and the people who read and looked for Jesus in the pages and shared the hope and joy of Him - right where they are.
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Satan prowls but he’s a lion on a leash
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When we fixate on the worst in something, we render ourselves incapable of fixing anything... But attend to the good in something - and we act towards the best in everything.
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All fear is but the notion that God's love ends.
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If trust must be earned, hasn't God unequivocally earned our trust with the bark on the raw wounds, the thorns pressed into the brow, your name on the cracked lips.
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Thanksgiving-giving thanks in everything-prepares the way that God might show us His fullest salvation in Christ.
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Because One died for me that I might breathe this breath...It's all a gift.
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I want to see beauty. In the ugly, in the sink, in the suffering, in the daily, in all the days before I die, the moments before I sleep.
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God’s not out to get you - He’s out to give to you.
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I started blogging in 2004, light years ago on the Web.
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I fly to Paris and discover how to make love to God.
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Until we call attention to the moments of our lives, we miss our lives.
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Joy is the realest reality, the fullest life, and joy is always given, never grasped. God gives gifts and I give thanks and I unwrap the gift given: joy.
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That which tears open our souls, those holes that splatter our sight, may actually become the thin, open places to see through the mess of this place to the heart-aching beauty beyond. To Him. To the God whom we endlessly crave.
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Are stress and worry evidence of a soul too lazy, too undisciplined, to keep gaze fixed on God?
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Just that maybe … maybe you don’t want to change the story, because you don’t know what a different ending holds.
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If I had the perspective of the whole, perhaps I'd see it? That which seems evil, is it a cloud to bring rain, to bring a greater good to the whole of the world? Who would ever know the greater graces of comfort and perseverance, mercy and forgiveness, patience and courage, if no shadows fell over a life?
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We want clarity -- and God gives a call. We want a road map --- and God gives a relationship. We want answers -- and God gives His hand.
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God gives the world enough of what it needs. All He asks is that we distribute what He gives.
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Instead of giving someone a piece of your mind, it turns out far better if you give them a piece of your heart.
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