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It's the greatest compliment when the writer becomes invisible in the whole process.

Ann Voskamp

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Ann Voskamp
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: August 10
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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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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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Praying with eyes wide open is the only way to pray without ceasing.
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God is patiently transfiguring all the notes of my life into the song of His Son.
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God reveals Himself in rearview mirrors. And I've an inkling that there are times when we need to drive a long, long distance, before we can look back and see God's back in the rearview mirror. Maybe sometimes about as far as heaven -- that kind of distance.
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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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Living radical isn't about where you live - it's about how you love.
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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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Gratitude for the seemingly insignificant—a seed—this plants the giant miracle.
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Comparison is a thug that robs your joy. But its even more than that - Comparison makes you a thug who beats down somebody - or your soul.
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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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The prayers we weave into the matching of socks, the stirring of oatmeal, the reading of stories, they survive fire.
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Joy and pain, they are but two arteries of the one heart that pumps through all those who don't numb themselves to really living.
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Every mountain that every Christian ever faces, the Lord levels with sufficient grace.
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Until we call attention to the moments of our lives, we miss our lives.
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You've got to use the life you've been given to give others life
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Life-changing gratitude does not fasten to a life unless nailed through with one very specific nail at a time.
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[Bill Jensen] shared his extensive publishing background with me, and prayerfully offered to work out a proposal and to see if God opened any publishing doors? I never get over the unexpected ways of God.
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Life is so urgent it necessitates living slow.
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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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