49 Quotes by Stasi Eldredge

It is not too late. It is not too hard. You are not too much. God’s mercies are new every morning. There is mercy in his eyes even now.

Father bestows identity. Mother bestows self-worth.

We are loved. Born out of love, into love, to know love, and to be loved. Yes, we were born into a fallen, sorry world, which is at the same time more lovely than any fairy tale. It is both. And in this beautiful, heartbreaking world, God – the eternal, omniscient, amazing One – loves human beings. Including you. Especially you.

The voice of Shame says, I basically hate me; I need to get rid of me. The voice of Discipline says, I’ve got to fix me, because me is not good. God says, I love you; let me restore you.

You are you. Unique. Marvelous. Beautiful. Quirky. And imperfect.

That longing in the heart of a woman to share life together as a great adventure-that comes straight from the heart of God, who also longs for this. He does not want to be an option in our lives. He does not want to be an appendage, a tagalong. Neither does any woman. God is essential. He wants us to need him-desperately. Eve is essential. She has an irreplaceable role to play. And so you’ll see that women are endowed with fierce devotion, an ability to suffer great hardships, a vision to make the world a better place.

The mystery of the feminine heart was meant to be a good thing, by the way. A source of joy.

You were born into a glorious mess, and we all have become something of a glorious mess ourselves. And in the midst of our mess, God has a thing for us. He does not despise our humanity or despair over our condition as we sometimes do. He does not turn his face away from us in our failings or our self-centeredness, as we would like to. He is not surprised.

When we have a change of heart on the inside, it manifests itself on the outside.