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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).

Ann Voskamp

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Ann Voskamp
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: August 10
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In a storm of struggles, I have tried to control the elements, clasp the fist tight so as to protect self and happiness. But stress can be an addiction, and worry can be our lunge for control, and we forget the answer to this moment is always yes because of Christ.
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That little burning bush that is the signature of the blog - it echoes Elizabeth Barrett Browning's words.
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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 gives us time. And who has time for God?
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Homemaking is about making a home, not about making perfection.
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It's the greatest compliment when the writer becomes invisible in the whole process.
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God is patiently transfiguring all the notes of my life into the song of His Son.
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