Quotes from Susan May Warren

Not everyone can have my level of adventure.

Victory lies not only in the end goal but in the steps of faith we take every day toward that goal.

It's not what happens to us, it's how we respond. Being broken, being empty is part of life. But how we fill up those empty places, how we heal - that's what matters.

feel decimated, but don't let your circumstances tell you who God is. Let who God is tell you how to deal with your circumstances.

Because life didn't just come with better . . . it came with worse, too. A worse that God could have fixed, perhaps, if she'd let Him, so long ago. She hadn't wanted to take the risk of a broken heart. Of getting hurt over and over again. But wasn't that the nature of love? Risking betrayal? Forgiving? Wiping the slate clean and starting over? Wasn't that the nature of God?

If I believe that God has a plan for my life, then there are no mistakes, no regrets, just moments that God carries me. Moments when I'm forced to trust him.

Grace meant God knew her past and still offered her a beautiful future. An unbreakable happy ending.

I know grace is difficult to accept... it's in our nature to want to bargain for our redemption... but you can do nothing but receive it.

He just stared at her. "That was stupid." "Well, thank you. Thank you very much. I sort of thought it was heroic.

Don't judge God's love for you on your circumstances, Nathan. Judge it on what you know to be true. God loves you, and He'll give you the strength to do what's right. Just stay the course. That's what God wants for you—everyday faith. Not . . ." John pointed at the wall.

Mona, God isn't the great saboteur of dreams. He doesn't give us a dream just to make it fail. He puts that dream inside us for a reason, and He wants to help make it happen.

Listen, the character of God is full of mercy—not giving us what we do deserve—and grace—giving us what we don't deserve. You say you don't deserve God's help, but by your very words, you prove He isn't trying to destroy your dreams. Ask God for help. If you don't think you deserve it, then perhaps that is exactly what God wants to delight you with, to show how much He loves you.