8 Quotes by Grace A. Johnson

There is always calm in Christ. No matter where it is that you go or what it is that you do. He will be glorified. He will watch over you. His will shall be done. In Him, there is peace.

I could not deny the existence of God. I had seen His hand, felt His hand so prominently in my life. How else could this beautiful world have come to be? By some random bang? Nay, but by the breath of the Almighty, so Mary Lynde had called Him.

Who am I, who are we, to questions the works of our Lord? For we are but mere mortals, created by Him and for Him. What life we call ours does not belong to us. And it is grace that we be taken from this dark earth.

Grace is not merited. Forgiveness is not earned. Love is not bought. Each are given freely by the only One who can.

Now was different than every day of my past. And I hoped my future could be just as sweet.

Maybe it took the ugly things--the ashes, the scraps, the dirt--to grow the beautiful things.

The Lord's will would be done. All I had to do was follow His voice.

She was more than just a name. She was a face with eyes as deep as the ocean. She was wrists that had been scarred. She was a mother without her child. She was a heart that had been broken.