208 Quotes by Jen Hatmaker

We should not cushion every blow. This is life. Learning to deal with struggle and to develop responsibility is crucial. A good parent prepares the child for the path, not the path for the child. We can still demonstrate gentle and attached parenting without raising children who melt on a warm day.

God measures our entire existence by only two things: how we love Him and how we love people.

I won’t defile my blessings by imagining that I deserve them. Until every human receives the dignity I casually enjoy, I pray my heart aches with tension and my belly rumbles for injustice.

Serving people is not heaven’s requirement, only a response to heaven’s mercy.

When Jesus said to ‘love your neighbor as yourself,’ I don’t think He meant judgmentally; but that is exactly how we treat our own souls, so it bleeds out to others. Folks who thrive in God’s grace give grace easily, but the self-critical person becomes others-critical. We ‘love’ people the way we ‘love’ ourselves, and if we are not good enough, then no one is.

Love God, love people. Act justly, love mercy, walk humbly. Treat people as you want to be treated. If you want to be great, be a servant.

Jesus, may there be less of me and my junk and more of You and Your kingdom.” I will reduce, so He can increase.

We cannot carry the gospel to the poor and lowly while emulating the practices of the rich and powerful.

We can have our junk together in a thousand areas, but if we don’t have love, we are totally bankrupt.