43 Quotes by Tessa Afshar

One’s own life is always more difficult to manage than the whole world put together.

Although things seem to be falling apart, even now, in the midst of our worst disarray, the Lord is working to make them fall together for our future good.

O God, save me by your name, and vindicate me by your might. O God, hear my prayer; give ear to the words of my mouth. PSALM 54:1.

Sometimes tears are a gift. They are the words our tongues cannot speak, the gall our bodies cannot expel.

Chance is God’s way of showing up without an announcement.

It is good for me that I was afflicted, that I might learn your statutes. PSALM 119:.

You must learn to trust him when there is no earthly evidence why you should.

He pronounced them good not because of what they had accomplished, but because of who He had made them to be.” I.

I am no teacher of the Law. But as I recall, one of our greatest prophets, Samuel, once said that to obey is better than sacrifice. Why do you not pray and ask him for his help? Instead of an offering, you can promise him your heart. Your obedience.