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1 " She smiled, and her smile was filled with all of the sweetness and forgiveness that she offered so freely - and that he didn't deserve. But maybe, as with God, it was time to finally stop condemning himself and accept the gift. "
― Jody Hedlund , Forever Safe (Beacons of Hope, #4)
2 " You challenge me to be a better person. And no one else does that, except maybe my mother. "
3 " You can't be perfect. No one is. That's why we need God. "
4 " And the only hope-perhaps the real hope he'd been missing all along-was found in God. "
5 " You're safe now. "
6 " Her face a mask of fury and determination. "
7 " But she'd learned instead to hope in the one Beacon that would always be there, no matter what darkness came her way. "
8 " Some things are beyond our control. His brother's words whispered through his head. You can't be perfect. No one is. That's why we need God. "
9 " I don't know what my pathetic life is going to look like now, but I nee you to help me survive. "
10 " The key to a good marriage is to do all you can to uplift your wife and treasure her—even in her worst moments. "
11 " I’ve come to believe one of the reasons God designed marriage was to help us grow in holiness and character. We get to practice on a daily basis being humble, kind, sacrificial, self-controlled, and so much more. "
12 " If you admit your fear to yourself and to him, then maybe this time you can face it instead of running away.' Even as he spoke the words to her, they hit him in the gut. He could dole out advice. But he wasn't great at following it. He'd been running away from his past for ten years. "
13 " The key to a good marriage is to do all you can to uplift your wife and treasure her - even in her worst moments. "
14 " The Bible says not to let the sun go down on your anger,' Dad said. 'I've applied that to our marriage, and it's helped us work through plenty of problems and disappointments.''You've had problems?'At the surprise in his tone, Mom laughed. 'Of course we have. We're both sinners, aren't we? "
15 " Tom remembered those times, too. Dad could have reacted in anger and frustration to Mom's mood and the difficulties. But instead, Dad had gone to extraordinary efforts to show his love. He'd nurtured and tended to her like a gardener his flowers. As a result of his faithful efforts, his marriage now flourished so beautifully. "
16 " I think we're as different as land and water.''James and I were very different too.''You were? But you seem so good together, so much in harmony.' And so passionate, but Victoria bit back the too-intimate words.'It's taken years and lots of hard work to develop that kind of unity. "
17 " I've come to believe one of the reasons God designed marriage was to help us grow in holiness and character. We get to practice on a daily basis being humble, kind, sacrificial, self-controlled, and so much more.'Victoria had never before heard anyone talk that way about marriage. 'I guess I'd always believed that some couples made a perfect match and others didn't.'Zelma laughed. 'That's only a myth. The reality is that no couple starts out the perfect match. They have to work for that. Maybe some more than others. What I've learned is that the more I work on growing as a person, the more my marriage grows. "
18 " In our marriage,' Zelma continued, ' we can let the difficulties drive us apart or drive us to our knees. "
19 " He tilted his head back and lifted a silent prayer heavenward. Thank you. God hadn't been obligated to save Victoria. God hadn't been obligated to do anything for him. But He hadn't let him go, had loved him, and promised him hope. Now, He'd done the one thing that mattered most to him in the world - He'd protected Victoria. "
20 " I think it's time we both stopped running from our fears, don't you? "
