86 Quotes by Lynn Austin

You pray. And you allow the Lord to be your strength. Remember the Lord doesn’t give you strength. He is your strength.

Joy explodes throughout the book of Psalms like fireworks, and is the most potent anti-missile defense system there is.

So often I have felt alone in my journey, yet I’ve been afraid to let anyone see my fear and weakness.

Guard your heart, son,” Eli said in a hushed voice. “That’s what God looks at – your heart. Most folks look at the outside things, like the color of your skin. But God looks at your heart.

When you only believe in things you can see with your eyes and touch with your hands, it is idolatry.” Zechariah’s words stunned him. “Then I’m an idolater, too?” “To have faith in Yahweh is to know that there is a realm of the spirit beyond the comprehension of our minds,” Zechariah said. “Trusting in Molech, as Ahaz did, or trusting in your own wisdom and intellect – there’s no difference in God’s eyes. It’s all idolatry.

As long as we have breath we can hope, can’t we?

She loved him, and her heart was breaking. If she had known how much it hurt to love someone, she never would have given away her heart. But it wasn’t a question of giving as much as falling.

One thing I have learned during these past few terrible years is that our grief and sorrow should be shared, not carried alone.

When we feel unworthy in His presence it’s because we glimpse His holiness.