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Of asking nothing of the reader - but offering a still, quiet oasis in the cybersphere to go vertical with God. An island of stillness to know that He is God.

Ann Voskamp

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Ann Voskamp
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: August 10
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Vertical
Still
Island
Nothing
Stillness
Offering
Islands
Asking
Quiet
Reader
Oasis

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When the heart and mind focus on things unseen - that's when there's a visible change in us.
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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 naming that which is right before me, that which I'd otherwise miss, the invisible becomes visible.
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Poor communication doesn’t disconnect souls. It’s the disconnected souls who poorly communicate.
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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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God only allows pain if He’s allowing something new to be born.
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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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God is always good and we are always loved... even when what He gives may appear ugly.
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When I fully enter time’s swift current, enter into the current moment with the weight of all my attention, I slow the torrent with the weight of me all here.
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We were made to live in a posture of grateful worship, and when we live in praise we live our purpose, and all the pieces fall in place, us all falling down in thanks.
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The life that counts blessings discovers its yielding more than it seems.
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When your ethnicity is heaven, then all adversity offers the gift of intimacy, driving you into the home of His heart.
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The frame of a soul was never made for fame. The frame of a soul was made to serve.
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Being joyful isn't what makes you grateful. Being grateful is what makes you joyful.
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Once you have tasted conviction, you can’t bear to keep swallowing complacency.
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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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Thanksgiving-giving thanks in everything-prepares the way that God might show us His fullest salvation in Christ.
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