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Worry is the facade of taking action when prayer really is.

Ann Voskamp

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Ann Voskamp
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: August 10
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Really
Facade
Taking
Worry
Prayer
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A life contemplating the blessings of Christ becomes a life acting the love of Christ.
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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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Until we call attention to the moments of our lives, we miss our lives.
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I only live the full life when I live fully in the moment.
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Can God be counted on? Count blessings and find out how many of His bridges have already held.
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Life is so urgent it necessitates living slow.
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Life isn't an emergency. Christ is in charge of every moment of the day nothing catches Him off guard.
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I am a hunter of beauty and I move slow and I keep the eyes wide, every fiber of every muscle sensing all wonder and this is the thrill of the hunt and I could be an expert on the life full, the beauty meat that lurks in every moment. I hunger to taste life. God.
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Grace is the only thing that is ever enough.
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I fly to Paris and discover how to make love to God.
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Motherhood is a hallowed place because children aren’t commonplace. Co-laboring over the sculpting of souls is a sacred vocation, a humbling privilege. Never forget.
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Parenting is about preparing children to get along with each other, to get along with you and without you, and that it's impossible to get along without God.
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Maybe the woman who was handed the book [One Thousand Gifts] by a friend the morning before she had an abortion scheduled - and read the book and realized that this pregnancy that she didn't want - perhaps it too could be a gift from God? And then she said showed me the photo of this laughing 5 month old boy.
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You can give up the need to compete in the world- when you accept being complete in Christ.
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God reveals Himself in rearview mirrors.
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When the heart and mind focus on things unseen - that's when there's a visible change in us.
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