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God gives gifts and I give thanks and I unwrap the gift given: joy.

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Ann Voskamp
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: August 10
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Only speak words that make souls stronger -\-\ for once words are spoken, they may be forgiven, but may be not forgotten.
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There are two kinds of doubt: one that fully lives into the questions, and one that uses the questions as weapons against fully living.
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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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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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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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Writing is this act of faith - a bit like driving in the fog: you can hardly see just in front of you. But you trust God's leading you and you just write into the space you can see ahead of you.
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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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There is unwavering peace today when an uncertain tomorrow is trusted to an unchanging God.
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More important than a clean house is a close family.
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But, someone, please give me—who is born again but still so much in need of being born anew—give me the details of how to live in the waiting cocoon before the forever begins?
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Every breath is a battle between grudgery and gratitude. Give thanks...and you win joy.
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The blog is meant to be a bit of a side chapel - a place to slip into and still and encounter the glory of God - and come away again with a fresh sense that your life, right where you are, is a holy experience - that God dwells with you and in you, and where you are is holy ground, worthy of reverence and celebration and wonder.
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Practice is the hardest part of learning, and training is the essence of transformation.
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What is time for if not to bless?
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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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I don't think of myself as an author. But simply as a grateful child of God. John 3:27 has long been a life verse: A man can receive nothing unless it has been given him from heaven. Any more words will only be solely a gift from Him. I can only faithfully wait.
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Where ever you are be all there
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Gratitude is at the center of a life of faith. It sounds to simple to be true, but isn't that the sign of all deep truth: so simple we're tempted to dismiss it, and so hard, it is exactly what God uses to change our hard lives.
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