When we know Christ, we always know how things are going to go. . . always for our … - Ann Voskamp

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You would have thought that our first priority would be to ask what the ecologists are finding out, because we have to live within the conditions and principles they define. Instead, we've elevated the economy above ecology.

Ann Voskamp

When we know Christ, we always know how things are going to go. . . always for our good and always for His glory.

Christ, Glory, Know, Know How, Things

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You, who were made by Love, made for love-- be still and know and watch love come down.

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Being in a hurry. Getting to the next thing without fully entering the thing in front of me. I cannot think of a single advantage I've ever gained from being in a hurry. But a thousand broken and missed things, tens of thousands, lie in the wake of all the rushing. . . . Through all that haste I thought I was making up time. It turns out I was throwing it away.

Broken, Lying, Rushing, Tens, Thinking

Simplicity is never a matter of circumstances; simplicity is a matter of focus. So in the midst of educating and parenting our children, we can't necessarily go ahead and make everything fit into neat, controllable, simple schedules. But the point is, simplicity is: how do we keep our eyes fixed and focused on Christ, no matter where we are?

Children, Controllable, Everything, Eye, Simple

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.

Heart, Open, Sight, Soul, Souls, Tears

At the last, this is what will determine a fulfilling, meaningful life, a life that, behind all the facades, every one of us longs to live: gratitude for the blessings that expresses itself by becoming the blessing.

Becoming, Blessing, Expresses, Facades, Gratitude, Meaningful

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The only thing worse than being on the wrong side of an argument is to be on the right side with no one listening.

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People who cling to their illusions find it difficult, if not impossible, to learn anything worth learning: a people under the necessity of creating themselves must examine everything, and soak up learning the way the roots of a tree soak up water.

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