Quotes about Hope

Mona, God isn't the great saboteur of dreams. He doesn't give us a dream just to make it fail. He puts that dream inside us for a reason, and He wants to help make it happen.

So plan A is a bust. God can make plan B better than plan A ever would have been." Plan B. Or even plan C.

Instead of telling yourself you can't have the happy ending, why don't you let go of all your dreams—and your fears—and let God show you how it ends. He's the master of happy endings—let him figure it out." She

Life doesn't have to be perfect to be happy. Sometimes you have to find the happy places between the pain.

He's the author of dreams. And He's not a trickster. He doesn't give us a dream only to yank it away and laugh.

I don't deserve the best." Mona's voice broke. "None of us do. But while we were still sinners, God chose to give us His best, and He will do nothing less after we are adopted as His children. We don't deserve grace, but because of God's character, we can expect it! If this dream is from Him, then you can expect Him to make it come true.

You've always spent your life looking forward, the destination in mind. But faith is stepping forward without knowing the destination.

When your heart's desire is the will of the Lord above everything else, then life loses its threat because His love will carry us through every situation.

The Ones who love you always come back

You have to learn to live life in the middle of the danger. And trust that there's a bigger plan.

Stop looking at what you can't do and look ahead, to your safe landing. Visualize it.

Dodge, be honest. It's not close to over. You've been nursing this wound for nearly ten years, working it off over there in Afghanistan, trying to forget the girl you've loved since you were ten. There's no way this is over. There is so much bitterness sitting in your heart you can't even see it. But maybe that's why God brought you back - for her. And to set you free from all that darkness.