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It's habits that can imprison you and it's habits that can free you. But when thanks to God becomes a habit - so joy in God becomes your life.
Ann Voskamp
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Ann Voskamp
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: August 10
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Really, the greatest compliments about a book [One Thousand Gifts] are never about the book, or the author of the book, but about the reader and God and how the pages helped them connect at a deeper level.
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Gratitude's not a natural posture. The prince of darkness is ultimately a spoiled ingrate, and I've spent most of my life as kin to the fist-shaker.
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Our fall was, has always been, and always will be, that we aren’t satisfied in God and what He gives. We hunger for something more, something other.
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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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Is the height of my chara joy dependent on the depths of my eucharisteo thanks?
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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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Your naked body deserves the honor of being shared only with someone who is covenanted to never stop loving your naked soul.
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This day is not a sieve, losing time. With each passing minute, each passing year, there's this deepening awareness that I am filling, gaining time. We stand on the brink of eternity.
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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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