55 Quotes by Jamie Tworkowski

We often ask God to show up. We pray prayers of rescue. Perhaps God would ask us to be that rescue, to be His body, to move for things that matter. He is not invisible when we come alive. i might be simple, but more and more, i believe God works in love, speaks in love, is revealed in our love.

It used to bother me a lot, used to steal my sleep, when people would say meant things or things that weren’t true. I didn’t understand it, and it hurt my feelings. But I’ve learned to focus on the work and the heart of the matter – the people in the balance.

Our job now, those of us simply observing today, shocked by this awful news, our job is to love people. When it hurts. When it’s awkward. When it’s uncool and embarrassing. Our job is to stand together, to carry the burdens of one another, and to meet one another in our questions.

Love is a thousand things, but at the center is a choice. It is a choice to love people. Left to myself, i get quiet and bitter and critical. i get angry. i feel sorry for myself. It is a choice to love people. It is a choice to be kind. It is a choice to be patient, to be honest, to live with grace. i would like to start making better choices.

Time has a way of putting things back where they belong. Love has a way of breaking the silence.

I’ve become embarrassed by most things called “Christian”, but I still believe in a God who loves people.

We don’t just live in books awake and dreams asleep. We are living stories, you and I, with dreams inside us undeniable, with love to give and people to walk beside.

We’re saying the story doesn’t end here, that the air in your lungs is there for a reason.

Fall suggests it’s possible to change, that things can still be new, alive, and bright again, alive and bright like Brooklyn.