18 Quotes by Jocelyn Green

So much of how we think, feel, and live depends on our vision-what we choose to see in any given situation.

The opposite of fear is not courage. The opposite of fear is faith.

It's up to him, and to God. Sometimes the best thing we can do is simply get out of the way of that.

We all have scars, my beautiful one. They make us who we are, and if we let them, they bring us together.

Just because you can't control everything doesn't mean it isn't being handled. Trust the One who is far better at orchestrating every detail than we could ever be.

For a few moments, the women sat together in companionable quiet, the only sounds that of birdsong and hoofbeats and wagon wheels from outside. The dough rounding between Vienne's palms was smooth and soft, and the sight of the rolls filling the pan Paulette set on the table offered a certain satisfaction. Life remained complex and unreliable, but this was simple and predictable. A comfort.

She was limited, but God was not. She had to trust that He would find a way to make something beautiful through her.

The best way to get rid of the negative thoughts is to crowd them out with something else bigger and more beautiful: worship of the One who holds everything in His powerful and capable hands.

Vienne had been wrong about grief, to think of it as mere sadness, to believe it could be dammed while inconvenient, or set free to run its course and then dry up. It was a crush in the chest, a sharp pull in the gut, pain that encircled back without warning. No respecter of time or will.