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1 " So much of how we think, feel, and live depends on our vision-what we choose to see in any given situation. "
― Jocelyn Green , Faith Deployed...Again: More Daily Encouragement for Military Wives
2 " We all have scars, my beautiful one. They make us who we are, and if we let them, they bring us together. "
― Jocelyn Green , The Mark of the King
3 " The best way to get rid of the negative thoughts is to crowd them out with something else bigger and more beautiful: worship of the One who holds everything in His powerful and capable hands. "
4 " She was limited, but God was not. She had to trust that He would find a way to make something beautiful through her. "
― Jocelyn Green , Veiled in Smoke (The Windy City Saga, #1)
5 " For a few moments, the women sat together in companionable quiet, the only sounds that of birdsong and hoofbeats and wagon wheels from outside. The dough rounding between Vienne's palms was smooth and soft, and the sight of the rolls filling the pan Paulette set on the table offered a certain satisfaction. Life remained complex and unreliable, but this was simple and predictable. A comfort. "
― Jocelyn Green , A Refuge Assured
6 " Connect with positive people who will stand in faith with you and lift you up in prayer. Study the Word of God and put your faith in action, for the Bible declares, "Faith without deeds is dead" (James 2:26) "
7 " Talk to the Lord, Julianne. Even if you're mad as hornets. If you keep it all bottled up, you'll only end up with a belly full of bee stings. "
8 " So much of how we think, feel, and live depends on our vision--what we choose to see in any given situation. In fact, I believe that the difference between being simply concerned or being consumed by worry rides on where we tend to focus our sight. "
9 " Beware, Julianne. Sorrow breeds isolation, and isolation brings despair. "
10 " There's beauty in the imperfect too. you are a God who uses broken vessels. You are not afraid of human limitations or scars. "
11 " Remember this, mes cheres: There is no person so small that the Lord cannot see her, no voice so quiet that He cannot hear it. "
12 " What is courage, but moving forward in the face of fear? If there was nothing to be afraid of, we would have no need to be brave. "
― Jocelyn Green , Between Two Shores
13 " God is the Creator, is He not?" she had said with a smile. "So when we create, even if it is a mere length of lace and not the stars in the heavens, we honor Him. We bear His likeness when we work. "
14 " The opposite of fear is not courage. The opposite of fear is faith. "
― Jocelyn Green , Shadows of the White City (The Windy City Saga, #2)
15 " It's up to him, and to God. Sometimes the best thing we can do is simply get out of the way of that. "
16 " It would be difficult, Charlotte knew, but that was not reason enough to avoid it. "
― Jocelyn Green , Wedded to War (Heroines Behind the Lines, #1)
17 " What is courage,” he said, “but moving forward in the face of fear? If there was nothing to be afraid of, we would have no need to be brave. "
18 " Everything begins and ends with grace. "
19 " Honest confession is an externalizing of an inward conversation for the purpose of gaining insight, releasing a burden, or admitting reality. Confession leads to movement and helps us get out of merely coping. It opens doors to growth and change because it is an act of congruence. By externalizing--sharing--our true state of affairs, w are better able to receive the help we really need. "
20 " They’ll never let women keep nursing after the war, Charlotte. "
