16 Quotes by Valerie M. Bodden

Okay, Lord. The prayer flowed from her heart. Help me to stop fighting your plans. Whatever they are, I know they are better than any plan I could come up with.

She'd always been touched when people prayed for her. But to hear Jared praying for her? That arrowed right into her heart. In the best way.

A year ago, she'd been sure she'd never be happy again. But surrendering herself to God's will had filled her with a kind of joy she'd never known before.

Her heart jumped, and she told herself it was only because he'd surprised her. So what if she'd begun to suspect there was more to it than that? She wasn't brave enough to examine what it might be.

Somewhere along the line, she'd forgotten that each day was a gift from the Lord and had started to look at the days as something to simply survive. But not anymore.

It was as if Violet had smashed down all his walls and seen right into his heart. Seen exactly what he needed to hear, exactly what had been weighing on his soul for the past seven years.She knew him without his ever saying a word.

You will never be enough on your own. But that's okay. Because you don't need to be enough. God doesn't care what you've accomplished. He loves you without condition. When you look to Christ, you will triumph. You will have everything. You will have the victory.