17 Quotes by Angie Smith

Instead of spending your days focusing on your sense of hurt or loss, allow the Lord to bless you with the grace to believe that what lies ahead will glorify Him. It is the closest thing to true worship that we have in this life, and so often we miss it. I miss it.

If you can just trust Him enough to bring it to Him, He will rejoice in your masterpiece. And if you need to scream a little, know that you have a God who can take that too, as long as your face is tilted (even slightly) toward Him

Don’t waste your struggle.6 You serve a glorious God, and even in the broken shards of life, He is worth everything we can offer to Him.

We listen, we praise, we walk in the direction of God’s voice, and we obey. It’s that simple. Sometimes that means we get to unbind and celebrate. Sometimes it means we don’t.

We have a very real enemy who thrives on our silence. He doesn’t want us to be in fellowship, sharing our hearts and seeking wisdom on how to live lives that glorify God in spite of the darkness we feel.

The one thing that is specifically forbidden is vengeance, the very human longing to get back at someone. Perhaps you know the expression, “I want him to pay for what he did.” How much passion there can be in those words! But getting even, paying back – vengeance – is territory that God expressly reserves for himself. “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” he says. To try to get even is a dangerous business. We are playing God – stepping into a place that he claims as his own.

The true understanding of our own depravity isn’t a punishment – it’s an opportunity to understand the value of the gift.

In a world overrun with choices, He is our choice. Give in to grief or trust Him? Doubt or obey? Escape into the choices or cling to only God?