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For the Love: Fighting for Grace in a World of Impossible Standards QUOTES

For the Love: Fighting for Grace in a World of Impossible Standards QUOTES

1 " We can't deliver folks from their pits, but we can sure get in there with them until God does. "

― Jen Hatmaker , For the Love: Fighting for Grace in a World of Impossible Standards

2 " All due respect to the Resurrection, but two-becoming-one might be the greatest miracle ever. "

― Jen Hatmaker , For the Love: Fighting for Grace in a World of Impossible Standards

3 " Unattended hurt, anger, and bitterness can destroy even the best marriage. Lean honestly into every hard place, each tender spot, because truthfulness hurts for a minute but silence is the kill shot. "

― Jen Hatmaker , For the Love: Fighting for Grace in a World of Impossible Standards

4 " If anyone has made you feel invisible or less-than, write a new narrative on your heart. "

― Jen Hatmaker , For the Love: Fighting for Grace in a World of Impossible Standards

5 " It is not our responsibility to fix every mess. If someone steps onto the scary ledge of truth, it is enough to acknowledge her courage and make this promise: I am here with you as your friend... "

― Jen Hatmaker , For the Love: Fighting for Grace in a World of Impossible Standards

6 " A shared table is the supreme expression of hospitality in every culture on earth. When your worn-out kitchen table hosts good people and good conversation, when it provides a safe place to break bread and share wine, your house becomes a sanctuary, holy as a cathedral. I've left a friend's table as sanctified and renewed as any church service. If you have a porch, then you have an altar to gather around. "

― Jen Hatmaker , For the Love: Fighting for Grace in a World of Impossible Standards

7 " Boundaries come after grace, because compassion minds the fragile places but boundaries keep them from compromising the rest. Brokenness may have legitimate origins, but left unchecked, a wound becomes infected and poisons the whole body (and subsequently, everyone around). Wounds must be attended to heal. With an unhealthy limb, the rest of the body overcompensates through manipulation, aggression, or blaming. Boundaries here are kind. Better to apply direct pressure to the wound than pretend it is well; this may get worse before better, but it is way of healing. "

― Jen Hatmaker , For the Love: Fighting for Grace in a World of Impossible Standards

8 " God never turns away a seeker and neither should we. "

― Jen Hatmaker , For the Love: Fighting for Grace in a World of Impossible Standards

9 " Spoiler alert: You are amazing. You are. This grace thing is no joke. We get to live a free life. So do other people because God gave us Jesus, who fixed everything. Instead of being 'right' at each other all the time, we can just live these beautiful, precious lives of ours in full freedom. It really is good news. "

― Jen Hatmaker , For the Love: Fighting for Grace in a World of Impossible Standards

10 " If you learn to be true in childhood, you will bypass the devastating 'undoing' so many endure later. You won't have to reinvent, reimagine, or rediscover who you are in your twenties, when you are making the most important decisions of your life (a terrible time for an identity crisis). "

― Jen Hatmaker , For the Love: Fighting for Grace in a World of Impossible Standards

11 " When people are forced to reap what they sow, the benefit of consequence is appropriately placed, and health and healing become possible. "

― Jen Hatmaker , For the Love: Fighting for Grace in a World of Impossible Standards

12 " Our kids need spiritual mentors, and if a new language and posture will lead them, then we better hit our knees, pray for humility, and beg God to help us raise disciples that love Him beyond our homes. We prioritize transformation over methodology, because our rules have a shelf life but loyalty to Jesus does not. Let's keep the baby and change the bathwater. "

― Jen Hatmaker , For the Love: Fighting for Grace in a World of Impossible Standards

13 " If anyone has made you feel invisible or less-than, write a new narrative on your heart. The Bible was used to subjugate women for centuries, but the New Testament reveals women leading the church, prophesying, teaching, and co-laboring with men. Let's flourish under Paul's instruction: "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth" (2 Tim 2:15). "

― Jen Hatmaker , For the Love: Fighting for Grace in a World of Impossible Standards

14 " Dear Lord, keep my name out of the therapist's office. "

― Jen Hatmaker , For the Love: Fighting for Grace in a World of Impossible Standards

15 " One of the best parts of being human is other humans. It's true, because life is hard; but people get to show up for one another, as God told us to, and we remember we are loved and seen and God is here and we are not alone. We can't deliver folks from their pits, but we can sure get in there with them until God does. "

― Jen Hatmaker , For the Love: Fighting for Grace in a World of Impossible Standards

16 " If it isn’t also true for a poor single Christian mom in Haiti, it isn’t true. "

― Jen Hatmaker , For the Love: Fighting for Grace in a World of Impossible Standards

17 " Instead of waiting for community, provide it, and you’ll end up with it anyway. "

― Jen Hatmaker , For the Love: Fighting for Grace in a World of Impossible Standards

18 " Sometimes kids get a mean teacher or a class they don’t like or an inflexible deadline even though that child was “exhausted the night before.” We should not cushion every blow. This is life. Learning to deal with struggle and to develop responsibility is crucial. A good parent prepares the child for the path, not the path for the child. We can still demonstrate gentle and attached parenting without raising children who melt on a warm day. "

― Jen Hatmaker , For the Love: Fighting for Grace in a World of Impossible Standards

19 " God measures our entire existence by only two things: how we love Him and how we love people. "

― Jen Hatmaker , For the Love: Fighting for Grace in a World of Impossible Standards

20 " I seek only friends who bleed and sweat and laugh and cry. Don’t fear your humanity; it is your best offering. "

― Jen Hatmaker , For the Love: Fighting for Grace in a World of Impossible Standards