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We don't see the material world for what it is meant to be: the means to communion with God.... There is a belief missing, that God is good and that he gives good gifts.

Ann Voskamp

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Ann Voskamp
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: August 10
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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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There is unwavering peace today when an uncertain tomorrow is trusted to an unchanging God.
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Every mountain that every Christian ever faces, the Lord levels with sufficient grace.
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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.
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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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Gratitude for the seemingly insignificant—a seed—this plants the giant miracle.
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I want a life that makes music - not just practices the piano.
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When you're most wounded by words run to the only Word that always brings healing.
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Holy joy lies in the habit of murmuring thanks to God for the smallest of graces.
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Life is so urgent it necessitates living slow.
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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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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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Any kind of love that lacks the iron of the Cross in it, is anemic love.
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You've got to use the life you've been given to give others life
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The life that counts blessings discovers its yielding more than it seems.
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The cynics, they can only speak of the dark, of the obvious, and this is not hard. For all it's supposed sophistication, it's cynicism that's simplistic. In a fallen world, how profound is to see the cracks?
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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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God only allows pain if He’s allowing something new to be born.
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The only way to fight a feeling is with a feeling.
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