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1 " If the Almighty directs our steps, we've no need to look back over our shoulders. "
― Liz Curtis Higgs , Here Burns My Candle (Here Burns My Candle, #1)
2 " History provides a great example but a terrible excuse. "
― Liz Curtis Higgs , Bad Girls of the Bible: And What We Can Learn from Them
3 " When men declare their love for us, we should handle them with the utmost care, even if the feelings aren't mutual. For the sake of future marital happiness, or to leave their hearts intact for another woman down the pike, let's be gentle and trustworthy with their brave declarations. "
4 " There you are. A simple commandment. Not ten of them, just one: 'Thou shalt not eat.' (Personally, I wish the very first edict from God hadn't involved dieting, don't you?) "
5 " Wise is the woman who rises above her circumstances. "
6 " In every life story, including our own, decisions are made in haste that determine the course of eternity. "
7 " As writer Elisabeth Elliot phrased it, “The fact that I am a woman does not make me a different kind of Christian, but the fact that I am a Christian does make me a different kind of woman. "
8 " As writer Elisabeth Elliot phrased it, “The fact that I am a woman does not make me a different kind of Christian, but the fact that I am a Christian does make me a different kind of woman.”1 "
9 " No one knows the weight of another's burden "
― Liz Curtis Higgs , A Wreath of Snow
10 " But pleasing to the eye isn't the same as pleasing to God. "
11 " Hard times are purposeful, meant to refine and redirect us. They're not arbitrary or random, and they're definitely not cruel. "
― Liz Curtis Higgs , The Girl's Still Got It
12 " Now consider this: the first person to hold the newborn Christ was Mary of Nazareth, and the first person to touch the newly risen Christ, however briefly, was Mary of Magdala. God placed himself in a woman's care when he came to earth, then entrusted a woman to announce his resurrection when he came back to life. "
― Liz Curtis Higgs , The Women of Christmas
13 " Fun is temporary at best; it's risky, even dangerous, at worst. Joy, on the other hand, was mystery I couldn't seem to decipher. "
14 " Lord, what an honor it will be to start the day with you. Give me the strength to lift my head, the courage to lift my heart, the joy to lift my spirits, and the confidence to lift my eyes and see you rising and shining in me. "
― Liz Curtis Higgs , Rise and Shine: Encouragement to Start Your Day
15 " And consider this: the angel appeared to Mary first, not to her husband-to-be, Joseph. 'She had no status or honor apart from him,' yet Gabriel came to Mary—further proof of how much God values women. "
16 " A good friend of mine feels the same way about Italy and another adores a certain island in the Caribbean. For me it will always be Scotland - Galloway in particular. the musical lilt of a Lowland accent never fails to boost my spirits. I'm simply deliriously happy there. "
― Liz Curtis Higgs , My Heart's in the Lowlands: Ten Days in Bonny Scotland
17 " With God, it isn’t who you were that matters; it’s who you are becoming. "
18 " Long before silver bells jingled, Christmas lights twinkled, and horse-drawn sleighs went dashing through the snow, God reached down from heaven with the best gift of all. Love, wrapped in swaddling clothes. Hope, nestled in a manger. "
19 " I love everything that's old-old friends, old times, old manners, old books. Oliver Goldsmith "
― Liz Curtis Higgs
20 " Our love for people doesn't end when they pass away. More often our feelings deepen as we realize how much they mean to us and how dearly we miss them. "
― Liz Curtis Higgs , The Women of Easter: Encounter the Savior with Mary of Bethany, Mary of Nazareth, and Mary Magdalene
