80 Quotes by Emily P. Freeman

In the midst of grief, there is no such thing as strong women of God. There is only brokenness, desperate need, and little girls in Daddy’s lap. We are not called to be strong women. Oh, how that sentence makes me bristle. I want to be strong, independent, and capable. This broken, desperate need for Christ offends my mask.

What connections and experiences have I missed because I’m either remembering a former embarrassment or fearing a new one?

You are designed to reflect the glory of God, and when you release the fullness of who you most deeply are, we will see God because we’re finally seeing you.

God does not ask us to carry burdens. He does not ask us to save the world. He does not ask us to come up with a plan. He simply asks us to ‘come’.

Desire often lives next door to grief inside the soul. Access the grief, and you wake up the longing as well.

What if you began to see your art as something other than your idea? What if it was less lofty and more necessary to your daily rhythm? What if your art is part of a bigger picture, part of a daily grace God has in mind for someone else?

And so the meaning of our lives is not dependent upon what we make of it but of what he is making of us.

You may not be the first to say it, write it, create it, or believe it – but you saying it may be the first time someone finally hears.

I don’t remember anything about that summer because I existed in a lonely fog of memories, longing, and rejection.