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I learned something a long time ago. I'd rather be single than be with the wrong guy.
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Did that mean God wasn't listening to them? That He hadn't heard their prayers? Would Jordan and Heidi really come and live with Faith and her family? How would
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Life's too short to worry.
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love you for who you are ... inside.
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Karen Kingsbury |
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The purpose of life isn't to get married. It's to live for Jesus ... telling people about Him and sharing His love.
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God was in control. He wouldn't take them through a season where He hadn't gone first.
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Life only comes at us one day at a time. That's where we need to let God meet us.
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I pray for her every night... Keep praying. God hears you... I know. And Pastor says that some people take longer to find their happy- ever-after in Jesus. That's right. Some people take a little longer.
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But their mother was the family's heartbeat. Always she was at the center of their good and bad times, lending perspective or a kind word or a shoulder to cry on.
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Very simply, God had forgiven her...Amazing grace was something she knew personally. The only right response for the rest of her life was to extend that grace to others, to forgive the way she had been forgiven.
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Abby's eyes fell on a wooden sign hanging near the foot of his bed:"I'm only passing through . . . this world is not my home."
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Karen Kingsbury |
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Let your gentleness be evident to all, daughter ... I am with you always.
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Time and again as she prayed about this day, this moment, she'd asked God for wisdom.
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Between the reference tool and Scripture, days later Beth was convinced of two things. First, the Bible was full of sound wisdom, and second, the message might amount to more than head smarts. It might hold the difference between life and death.
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Ever after's worth waiting for. Don't you think?
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Don't go acting like you're not in love...I say life's too short. If two people are in love, then don't hide it.
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Bailey hung her head for a moment, and
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Landon . . . in the painting that is our lives, all we've been through together to this point is only the backdrop. Today--" she sucked in a deep breath--"this moment . . . is the first stroke, the beginning of the most beautiful picture. A picture even I can't imagine."
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She felt like she'd slipped into another world. For the first time someone knew exactly what the hurt felt like.
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inspiration
love
romance
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It is. But it's like so many stories where God is the author. His fingerprints mark every chapter.
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She liked thinking that people in heaven had a window to earth, a way to see what they needed to pray about, but through the tearless veil of heaven's understanding.
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God wanted His people to be holy, not perfect. Holiness for God meant perfection, of course. But holiness for His people meant being set apart. Different.
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And the eyes are the lamp of the body.
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And if Job could thank God and look for God's plans even in the ashes of his life
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The words she'd felt God impress upon her heart a few minutes ago came back: Daughter . . . hear My voice . . . know Me.
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at his office while he was in Los Angeles. David was certain
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If you have feelings for someone, you're better off to tell them. That way . . . if tomorrow doesn't come, there are no regrets to sort through, no question marks.
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God Please now my future see make it clear where I should be. Open the window close the doors not my will my God but yours - Kart Hart- Fame by Karen Kingsbury
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love in grace and truth.
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Praying about something didn't mean you'd wind up pulling yourself out of the world.
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Life can be hard on people who want to make a difference for God.
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For us ... to long for God is to long for a perfect love.
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through prayer and trust in the Lord her losses would turn into something beautiful.
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sometimes God calls us to a place and time for a season.
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Don't just be hearers of the Word of God. Be doers.
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No one deserves anything good we have in life. Because all good things are gifts from God.
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Karen Kingsbury |
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Justice and grace were hard concepts for anyone, especially for a person young in her faith.
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Karen Kingsbury |
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God's Word promises if we start longing for that perfect love, everything ... absolutely everything will follow that longing.
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Suddenly everything the Lord had laid on her heart made perfect sense. What had she felt before when she prayed about taking the part? That God would give her a sign, right? And now it was the same thing all over again. God wanted her to hear His voice, to know Him. And how better to know Him than by knowing what He wasn't, where He wasn't?
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She felt the loss, much as he must've been feeling it. There would be no friendship forged, no chance at love. The canyon between their worlds had proved greater than any bridge that might've spanned it.
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Not all first loves were forever loves.
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Yes, God knew the number of a man's days. But sometimes that number was small because the enemy had cut it short.
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He would have to be real in his beliefs, real in his character. Real in the way he treated her and everyone
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Karen Kingsbury |
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Love is for people who share the same faith most of all. The same goals and dreams and futures.
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