450 Quotes by Ann Voskamp

God doesn’t want your leftovers. God wants your love overtures, your first-overs, because He is your first love.

No certain place can give you abundant life like a certain purpose can. Like purpose and meaning and connection can. I.

Be brave and do not pray for the hard thing to go away, but pray for a bravery that’s bigger than the hard thing.

We’re called to do more than believe in God, we’re called to live in God.

And the saddest of all may be when we give away our lives to insignificant things, things we didn’t realize we subconsciously loved. Turns out – we give our lives to things we never would if we got honest and thought about them for one single moment. It’s happening every moment – our unintentional, accidental lives betray our true loves and what we subconsciously believe.

Lord God, Maker of all, when You give manna moments, may I give You thanks for the mystery. Because the manna that makes no sense – You will make it my sustenance. Today, in all the “what is it?” moments, turn me to give thanks for who You are.

The brave baring of all the broken in their brokenness can offer the miracle of communion. Never be afraid of being a broken thing.

The life that yields the most – yields the most.

You are, at your very essence, not what you think, but what you love.