Grace A. Johnson QUOTES

3 " There is always calm in Christ. No matter where it is that you go or what it is that you do. He will be glorified. He will watch over you. His will shall be done. In Him, there is peace. "

― Grace A. Johnson

4 " Maybe it took the ugly things--the ashes, the scraps, the dirt--to grow the beautiful things. "

― Grace A. Johnson , Prisoner at Heart (Daughters of the Seven Seas, #2)

5 " I could not deny the existence of God. I had seen His hand, felt His hand so prominently in my life. How else could this beautiful world have come to be? By some random bang? Nay, but by the breath of the Almighty, so Mary Lynde had called Him. "

― Grace A. Johnson , Held Captive (Daughters of the Seven Seas #1)

6 " What happened yesterday…that’s not a story lost amid newer headlines. A few news clips that’ll be buried under more news clips. An event that’ll be forgotten come 2002.
What happened yesterday will never fade. We will never forget. For the sake of the soldier, the first responder, the dead, the dying, and the grieving...for the sake of America and every person who ever lived or ever will live in our great country...we will never forget. "

― Grace A. Johnson , Daylight: A 9/11 Short Story

7 " And what did I, a sweet little innocent lady, ever do wrong?' I set my hands on his shoulders, arching my back, and grinned.
Xavier smirked, his eyes sparkling in that dangerous way. 'You stole my heart. "

― Grace A. Johnson , Held Captive (Daughters of the Seven Seas #1)

8 " I want to be able to look at the sunrise and think about the new day ahead of us—to rebuild our broken lives, fallen towers, and kneeling country. To start over and make something bright and beautiful out of the smoke and ashes. "

― Grace A. Johnson , Daylight: A 9/11 Short Story

9 " And even in the midst of all this mess, He's workin' things out. He's makin' something bright, something beautiful, outta what the devil meant for evil. "

― Grace A. Johnson , Daylight: A 9/11 Short Story

10 " Faith is not just a thing or an idea or a feeling. It’s an action, a step you take and a leap you
make into God’s purpose and destiny for you. "

― Grace A. Johnson , With Fear and Trembling

11 " Paris, "

― Grace A. Johnson , Held Captive (Daughters of the Seven Seas #1)

12 " Maybe something better, something stronger could come out of the ashes and the debris. "

― Grace A. Johnson , Daylight: A 9/11 Short Story

13 " Xavier would compare the land to his God, I knew, and His faithfulness and steadfast love. He would say how no matter what, God was always there. God had no mountains and valleys or storms and quakes. He could not erode or wash away. Eventually land would do that, I knew. But while I roamed the earth for my short life, I could rely on land to remain as it was. I could rely on God for all eternity. He never changed. He was the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. And His faith never faltered, His trust never faded, and His love never failed.
But what I was unsure of was whether I believed in such amazing love and faith. If I believed that Someone so great could actually forgive someone so wretched. Xavier would tell me He would, if only I let Him. Yet how I would reply to that, I knew not either. "

― Grace A. Johnson , Held Captive (Daughters of the Seven Seas #1)

14 " Father, I thank You for Your hedge of protection over me, for Your mighty presence, and for You incomparable peace. Help me to turn to You before anything else in my time of need, to rely upon You and to seek refuge in You, no matter what storms come. In Christ’s name, amen. "

― Grace A. Johnson , With Fear and Trembling

15 " She was more than just a name. She was a face with eyes as deep as the ocean. She was wrists that had been scarred. She was a mother without her child. She was a heart that had been broken. "

― Grace A. Johnson , Prisoner at Heart (Daughters of the Seven Seas, #2)

16 " Who am I, who are we, to questions the works of our Lord? For we are but mere mortals, created by Him and for Him. What life we call ours does not belong to us. And it is grace that we be taken from this dark earth. "

― Grace A. Johnson , Prisoner at Heart (Daughters of the Seven Seas, #2)

17 " Now was different than every day of my past. And I hoped my future could be just as sweet. "

― Grace A. Johnson , Held Captive (Daughters of the Seven Seas #1)