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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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Ann Voskamp
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: August 10
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Busy is a choice. Stress is a choice. Joy is a choice. Choose well.
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More important than a clean house is a close family.
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When grief is deepest, words are fewest.
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God reveals Himself in rearview mirrors.
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I don't really want more time I just want enough time. Time to breathe deep and time to see real and time to laugh long, time to give You glory and rest deep and sing joy and just enough time in a day not to feel hounded, pressed, driven, or wild to get it all done-yesterday.
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I think God calls us to small things, to faithfulness right where we are, to just do the next thing. 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.
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When you're most wounded by words run to the only Word that always brings healing.
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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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Worry is the facade of taking action when prayer really is.
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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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The joy of the Lord is your strength and the person of Christ is your unassailable joy - and the battle for joy is nothing less than fighting the good fight of faith.
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As long as thanks is possible, then joy is always possible.
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The only way to care for the disadvantaged - is to disadvantage yourself -which is guaranteed to turn out for your advantage.
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Gratitude for the seemingly insignificant—a seed—this plants the giant miracle.
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That which tears open our souls, those holes that splatter our sight, may actually become the thin, open places to see through the mess of this place to the heart-aching beauty beyond. To Him. To the God whom we endlessly crave.
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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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Life isn't an emergency. Christ is in charge of every moment of the day nothing catches Him off guard.
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