Quotes about Resilience

It's not what happens to us, it's how we respond. Being broken, being empty is part of life. But how we fill up those empty places, how we heal - that's what matters.

feel decimated, but don't let your circumstances tell you who God is. Let who God is tell you how to deal with your circumstances.

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.

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

I'm having a rotten day. First I lock myself out of the house, then I rip my skirt climbing through the window, then Macy's computer eats my layaway. And now, old Noah here won't start.

She knew right then...she too knew real love. that kid of love that forgave again and kept showing up, loving her when she didn't have the courage to love back. Love pursued. Love forgave. Love believed. Love sacrificed.~ Jess (pg 287)

That's what love does right? Shows up and sticks around, even for the hard stuff. Keeps its promises~ Sam to Pete (pg 322)

Hope is the one thing that we have to give when the world is at its darkest.

It's the way of evil. It is unrelenting. And the fight is always there. Our job is to just fight the battles we're assigned to fight.

You have to embrace the life you have, not the one you expected you'd have - or the one others expect you to have.

That's not the answer. We don't stop living life just because bad things can, or will, happen. We just keep going forward, trusting in God's plan for us, even if bad things happen. God is still there, still in control. Still saving us. Still protecting us.

Evil always seeks to betray. To destroy and separate and instill fear. And, on that day, evil won. But that doesn't mean we surrender the battle. We will not dishonor those who paid the ultimate price for freedom by giving up. Evil wants to shut you down. Shame you. Destroy your relationships. Keep you from being the person you can be. Don't let it.