Quotes about Struggle
Called by the sirens and followed by an albatross.
— Lydia Millet
I'm tired. I'm tired of feeling rejected by the American people. I'm tired of waking up in the middle of the night worrying about the war.
— Lyndon B. Johnson
Emancipation was a proclamation, but not a fact.
— Lyndon B. Johnson
Yes, of course Yahweh could defeat all of Judah's enemies." "Then why didn't He, Grandpa?" Zechariah's face looked sad as he shook his head. "Because our nation no longer believes in Him... and so no one bothered to ask Him to.
— Lynn Austin
Hmm. Relationships between fathers and sons can be notoriously difficult, especially for two men who are as different as you and your father are." "Yes, and he's also the king--that makes our relationship impossible.
— Lynn Austin
God also puts His people in the middle of things for the same reason that He put the tree of temptation in the middle of the garden--so that our choice to follow Him would be a conscious, daily one. Every time we publicly choose to live for Christ, He is glorified.
— Lynn Austin
The journey has been a parody of my life recently: rushing, waiting, wandering, feeling lost and losing sleep, wondering if I'm getting anywhere.
— Lynn Austin
Love for God is never instant. It has to grow and mature just like any other kind of love. The struggle is always with our will.
— Lynn Austin
Maybe it's because spiritual growth and vibrant faith in God don't happen in isolation, but under pressure.
— Lynn Austin
Scriptures were just words on a page and my prayers failed to lift...
— Lynn Austin
The wilderness is a place where we can lean on God and trust His promises, but it's also a place to discover that the arms He provides and the ears that listen to our fears sometimes belong to flesh-and-blood people.
— Lynn Austin
Sometimes when people work for God, they get the idea that He should make their life all smooth and easy because they're doing His work...It ain't so. Jesus said life is gonna be hard. Period. He said if you're gonna follow Him, then you're gonna carry a cross, just like He did. this world of ours is under a curse, honey. We need to expect things to be bad. But even if we lose everything, we still have Jesus.
— Lynn Austin