Quotes from Susan May Warren

Trouble always feels personal. But it doesn't mean that God doesn't care about you. That He's out to get you. In fact, the opposite is true. God deliberately put Himself in the way of the ultimate tragedy to save you. That's what grace is...and frankly, He uses trouble to show you Himself.

Never go to war without God, Riley. Only when you belong completely to him can he truly use you.

God is glorified not in your strengths and not in your gratefulness, but in your weaknesses and in your trust in His future grace. In your faith that God didn't let you

So plan A is a bust. God can make plan B better than plan A ever would have been." Plan B. Or even plan C.

The Lord has already told you what is good, and this is what he requires: to do what is right, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.

Instead of telling yourself you can't have the happy ending, why don't you let go of all your dreams—and your fears—and let God show you how it ends. He's the master of happy endings—let him figure it out." She

Life doesn't have to be perfect to be happy. Sometimes you have to find the happy places between the pain.

He's the author of dreams. And He's not a trickster. He doesn't give us a dream only to yank it away and laugh.

don't judge God based on your understanding of people. God isn't just a really good guy up in the sky. He is God. He operates on an entirely different set of rules. We'll never deserve His love, but He knows that, and He's chosen to love us anyway. We can accept it or not. But that doesn't change who He is. He's a God who loves us more than we can imagine and desires to fulfill the dreams He gives His children.

God is our refuge and our portion. Meaning, we don't have to be enough. He is all we need. We either embrace that or we walk away empty-handed.

I don't deserve the best." Mona's voice broke. "None of us do. But while we were still sinners, God chose to give us His best, and He will do nothing less after we are adopted as His children. We don't deserve grace, but because of God's character, we can expect it! If this dream is from Him, then you can expect Him to make it come true.

Colt wasn't the only brave one here. Wasn't the only one who was ready to do violence to keep people safe.