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God grows fragrant flowers of hope in the ashes of loss.

Karen Kingsbury

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Karen Kingsbury
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: June 8
Journalist
Novelist
Songwriter
Writer
Fairfax
Virginia
Grows
Hope
Fragrant
Ashes
Flowers
Flower
Loss

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A verse came to mind, one that has comforted Kari before. It was the shortest verse in the Bible: Jesus wept. If he cried over Jerusalem, if he cried over the death of Lazarus, surely he was crying now over the death of her dreams, the death of her marriage.
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The truth was this: Love is a decision.
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People were never meant to be idols. We aren't supposed to be worshipped. Only God deserves that kind of praise.
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I came to Christ in my early 20s.
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God, please now my future see, make it clear where I should be. Open windows, close the doors, not my will, my God, but Yours.
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There were times when I was so sick of talking about the Bible.
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It's not how we fall that defines us as Christians. It's how we get up again.
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The eagle had two natural enemies: storms and serpents. He embraced the storm, waiting on the rock for the right thermal current and then using that to carry him higher. While other birds were taking cover, the eagle was soaring. An eagle would never fight against the storms of life.
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