69 Quotes by Catherine Marshall

Whence comes this idea that if what we are doing is fun, it can’t be God’s will? The God who made giraffes, a baby’s fingernails, a puppy’s tail, a crooknecked squash, the bobwhite’s call, and a young girl’s giggle, has a sense of humor. Make no mistake about that.

So many people never pause long enough to make up their minds about basic issues of life and death. It’s quite possible to go through your whole life, making the mechanical motions of living, adopting as your own sets of ideas you’ve come to any conslusion for yourself as to what life is all about.

There’s always the danger that the extreme feminist will end up quite unfulfilled as a girl.

The only time I ever find my dealings with God less than clear-cut is when I’m not being honest with Him. The fuzziness is always on my side, not His.

When you heart is ablaze with the love of God, when you love other people – especially the ripsnorting sinners – so much that you dare to tell them about Jesus with no apologies, then never fear, there will be results.

I learned that true forgiveness includes total acceptance.

Have you ever thought that the only ugl things in this Cove are man’s fault, while the beautiful things are God’s work? Look at those mountains.

The house, it’s already been a-settin’ here for a hundred years. It’ll be right here tomorrow. It’s today I must be livin’.

One can believe intellectually in the efficacy of prayer and never do any praying.