Quotes from Colleen Coble

God loves us for who we are. We cant work our way to his love. That doesnt work here on this wold either. You either love someone for who they are, or you can forget it. Love that is earned is no love at all. It wont last.

God had been good to them all today. But He was good every day just, sometimes she noticed.

Daniel studied her face. Have you ever thanked God for giving you the advantages he has? Advantages? All those things I've already mentioned. Your tall and strong, loyal and brave, kind and loving. You stand out in a crowd and your a leader. He wouldn't trust those qualities with just anyone. He must love you a great deal.

There is no subterfuge in you, Miss Adeline. Why is that?" Color came and went in her cheeks. "Everyone has layers. Even me." He leaned closer as his son neared and allowed a curl to wrap his finger. "I look forward to peeling back those layers.

I fled Him, down the nights and down the days; I fled Him, down the arches of the years; I fled Him, down the labyrinthine ways Of my own mind; and in the mist of tears. —"The Hound of Heaven" (FRANCIS THOMPSON, 1859—1907)

I'd trusted in my own strength about so many things. I realized God delights in using the weak and fearful.

Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. When we're delighting in him, our desires come in line with his, not his with what we want.

Friends are the family we can choose.

Your error is that you think this world is the reality. In truth, eternity is the reality and this life is but a shadow, a place to develop our character and grow more like Jesus.

Nor do I," Anu said quietly. "But there is never so much love in our lives that we can afford to reject it when it is offered.

The Bible says a man's heart is desperately wicked, and who can know it? We're all capable of more evil than we realize.

The past has a way of rising up and stepping into view when we least expect it.