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In naming that which is right before me, that which I'd otherwise miss, the invisible becomes visible.

Ann Voskamp

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Ann Voskamp
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: August 10
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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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It's the greatest compliment when the writer becomes invisible in the whole process.
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I am a hunter of beauty and I move slow and I keep the eyes wide, every fiber of every muscle sensing all wonder and this is the thrill of the hunt and I could be an expert on the life full, the beauty meat that lurks in every moment. I hunger to taste life. God.
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It’s impossible to give thanks and simultaneously feel fear
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Real Womanhood isn’t a function of becoming a great mother, but of being loved by your Great Father.
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Every mountain that every Christian ever faces, the Lord levels with sufficient grace.
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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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All God makes is good. Can it be that that which seems to oppose the will of God actually is used of Him to accomplish the will of God?
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We all get to choose where we set up the stage of our lives - before the Crowds, the Court, the Congregation, the Critics (inner or otherwise)-- or the Cross of Christ. All except One will assess your performance. Only One will accept you before your performance ... Only in Jesus is there 100% acceptance before even 1% performance.
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Can God be counted on? Count blessings and find out how many of His bridges have already held.
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God is always good and we are always loved... even when what He gives may appear ugly.
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Hurry always empties a soul.
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We want clarity -- and God gives a call. We want a road map --- and God gives a relationship. We want answers -- and God gives His hand.
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In a world addicted to speed, I blur the moments into one unholy smear.
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Every breath is a battle between grudgery and gratitude. Give thanks...and you win joy.
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The only way to fight a feeling is with a feeling.
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I began [blogging] because I have this handicap - I can't figure out my life or see God clearly unless I untangle my life again with words.
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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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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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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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