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We were made to live in a posture of grateful worship, and when we live in praise we live our purpose, and all the pieces fall in place, us all falling down in thanks.

Ann Voskamp

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Ann Voskamp
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: August 10
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The practice of giving thanks...eucharisteo...this is the way we practice the presence of God, stay present to His presence, and it is always a practice of the eyes. We don't have to change what we see. Only the way we see.
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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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The brave who focus on all things good and all things beautiful and all things true, even in the small, who give thanks for it and discover joy even in the here and now, they are the change agents who bring fullest light to all the world.
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Once you have tasted conviction, you can’t bear to keep swallowing complacency.
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Faith thanks God in the middle of the story.
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What is time for if not to bless?
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Joy is always a function of gratitude - and gratitude is always a function of perspective.
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Darkness transfigures into light, bad transfigures into good, grief transfigures into grace, empty transfigures into full. God wastes nothing – ‘makes everything work out according to his plan.’ (Ephesians 1:11).
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And when I give thanks for the seemingly microscopic, I make a place for God to grow within me.
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Holy joy lies in the habit of murmuring thanks to God for the smallest of graces.
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Poor communication doesn’t disconnect souls. It’s the disconnected souls who poorly communicate.
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Really good writing, from my perspective, runs a lot like a visual on the screen. You need to create that kind of detail and have credibility with the reader, so the reader knows that you were really there, that you really experienced it, that you know the details. That comes out of seeing.
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Living radical isn't about where you live - it's about how you love.
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The Word God wastes nothing and He heals two broken hearts with one story - the reader and the writer.
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The prayers we weave into the matching of socks, the stirring of oatmeal, the reading of stories, they survive fire.
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Satan prowls but he’s a lion on a leash
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The message of Christmas is not that we can make peace. Or that we can make love, make light, make gifts, or make this world save itself. The message of Christmas is that this world’s a mess and we can never save ourselves from ourselves and we need a Messiah.
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Isn't falling in love always the fullest life?
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A life contemplating the blessings of Christ becomes a life acting the love of Christ.
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Where ever you are be all there
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