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You will be most remembered-by what brought you most joy.

Ann Voskamp

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Ann Voskamp
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: August 10
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Life is so urgent it necessitates living slow.
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Any kind of love that lacks the iron of the Cross in it, is anemic love.
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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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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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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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What was intended to harm, God intended it all for good. And no matter what intends to harm you, God's arms have you. You can never be undone.
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I was simply writing out our family stories in my online journal, scratching out what I want to remember, what I was wrestling out with God. Unbeknownst to me, two readers of the posts, both published authors, contacted their agent, Bill Jensen, within 24 hours of each other, encouraging him to drop me a line. Which he did.
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You've got to use the life you've been given to give others life
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God gives gifts and I give thanks and I unwrap the gift given: joy.
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Joy is always a function of gratitude - and gratitude is always a function of perspective.
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Homemaking is about making a home, not about making perfection.
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God’s not out to get you - He’s out to give to you.
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But wells don't come without first begging to see the wells wells don't come without first splitting open hard earth, cracking back the lids. There's no seeing God face-to-face without first the ripping.
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When grief is deepest, words are fewest.
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Christian hands never clasp and He doesn't give gifts for gain because a gift can never stop being a gift - it is always meant to be given.
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