We think you’ll find that every woman in her heart of hearts longs for three things: to be romanced, to play an irreplaceable role in a great adventure, and to unveil beauty. That’s what makes a woman come alive.
I wasn’t mean; I wasn’t evil. I was nice. And let me tell you, a hesitant man is the last thing in the world a woman needs. She needs a lover and a warrior, not a Really Nice Guy.
The true story of every person in this world is not the story you see, the external story. The true story of each person is the journey of his or her heart.
She is the crescendo, the final, astonishing work of God. Woman. In one last flourish creation comes to a finish with Eve. She is the Master’s finishing touch.
One of the great wonders of Christianity is that you were born into your times, to set your times aright.
We are created for adventure, and if we cannot find one, we start blowing things out of proportion so it feels like we have one.
You will find it hard to hear from God until you let go your rights and your agenda.
Deep in his heart, every man longs for a battle to fight, an adventure to live, and a beauty to rescue.
We forgive those who harmed us. And then, with an open heart, we simply as Jesus to heal us.
You would not ask someone with a broken arm to swim the English Channel, so you cannot demand that the broken to live as if they were whole.
Wouldn’t it help you to realize that you really do live in an epic if your life had a soundtrack?
A woman in her glory, a woman of beauty, is a woman who is not striving to become beautiful or worthy or enough. She knows in her quiet center where God dwells that he find her beautiful, has deemed her worthy, and in him, she is enough.
The balancing act we parents attempt is convincing our children: 1. You are loved more than you can imagine. 2. The world does not revolve around you.
Our hope is that all is well because of Jesus and that all will be well because of Him.
The intellectual support for UNBELIEF is about as stable as the stock market.
Sometimes the idea of living as a hermit appeals to all of us. No demands, no needs, no pain, no disappointments. But that is because we have been hurt, are worn out.
A woman in her glory, a woman of beauty, is a woman who is not striving to become beautiful or worthy or enough.
Most of our addictions [shopping, food, bad relationships] as women flare up when we feel that we are not loved or sought after.
It takes courage to seek God, and courage to wait for His reply.
The years have simply reconciled us to the fact that we are all here for the transformation.
In the end, it doesn’t matter how well we have performed or what we have accomplished—a life without heart is not worth living.
For what shall we do when we wake one day to find we have lost touch with our heart and with it the very refuge where God’s presence resides? a
There is no greater place for damage (than marriage) because there is no greater place for glory.
Most men wait to move until victory is guaranteed.
Contentment can only happen as we increase desire, let it run itself out towar its fulfilment, and carry us along with it.
It takes great courage to be vulnerable. It takes enormous strength to be a real woman.
Just like sunshine affects others, when the life of Jesus invades your life, you become a loving person. The effect on others is amazing.
There are a lot of good men out there who just need a little direction and leadership in order for them to offer what they have to young men and boys.
Where a man’s strength and courage is tested most is in the way that he treats women – the way that he loves.
Men want a battle to fight, an adventure to live, and a beauty to rescue. That is what is written in their hearts. That is what little boys play at. That is what men’s movies are about. You just see it. It is undeniable.
We don’t live in the Garden. We live far from Eden. Every life is full of heartaches. Every life, frankly, is unspeakably sad.