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Until we call attention to the moments of our lives, we miss our lives.

Ann Voskamp

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Ann Voskamp
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: August 10
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The practice of giving thanks...eucharisteo...this is the way we practice the presence of God, stay present to His presence, and it is always a practice of the eyes. We don't have to change what we see. Only the way we see.
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And when I give thanks for the seemingly microscopic, I make a place for God to grow within me.
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Our [people's] very saving is associated with our gratitude. Which follows: if our fall in the garden was ingratitude, then salvation must be intimately related to giving of thanks.
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You were made for the place where your real # passion meets # compassion because there lies your real purpose.
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We only enter into the full life if our faith gives thanks. Because how else do we accept His free gift of salvation if not with thanksgiving? Thanksgiving is the evidence of our acceptance of whatever He gives. Thanksgiving is the manifestation of our Yes! to His grace.
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At the last, this is what will determine a fulfilling, meaningful life, a life that, behind all the facades, every one of us longs to live: gratitude for the blessings that expresses itself by becoming the blessing.
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God is good and I am always loved.
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They say time is money, but that's not true. Time is life. And if I want the fullest life, I need to find fullest time... the busyness of your life leaving little room for the source of your life... God gives us time. And who has time for God? Which makes no sense.
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God’s not out to get you - He’s out to give to you.
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You, who were made by Love, made for love-- be still and know and watch love come down.
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We give thanks to God not because of how we feel, but because of Who He is.
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The fear is suffocating, terrorizing, and I want the remedy, and it is trust. Trust is everything.
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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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Parenting is about preparing children to get along with each other, to get along with you and without you, and that it's impossible to get along without God.
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Love comes softly, it cannot be forced...cannot bear the weight of our expectations. Love always comes in the surrender - in the falling.
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God doesn't want your leftovers. God wants your love overtures, your first-overs, because He is your first love.
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Hurry always empties a soul.
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I didn't (and still don't) have comments [in my blog]. It's about simply writing for an audience of One.
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Worry is belief gone wrong. Because you don't believe that God will get it right. But peace - peace is belief that exhales. Because you believe that God's provision is everywhere - like air.
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From all of our beginnings, we keep reliving the Garden story.
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