Robin Jones Gunn famous quotes

[A God-thing is] when something happens in your life, and you look at it and can't explain how or why it happened, but you know there's a reason for it. You know that God is doing something in your life, and it changes you. There's no other way to explain it except to see it as a God thing.
-- Robin Jones Gunn

#Way #Looks #Reason

Do you think it's possible to finally decide that you really, truly love someone but not end up marrying him?
-- Robin Jones Gunn

#Marriage #Thinking #Ends

I look back now and realize that the gift of a true friend is that she sees you not the way you see yourself or the way others see you. A true friend sees you for who you are and who you can become.
-- Robin Jones Gunn

#True Friend #Way #Looks

We all need to have dreams. The question is, does the dream control you or do you control the dream?
-- Robin Jones Gunn

#Dream #Doe #Needs

When the devil comes knocking on your door simply say "Jesus, it's for you.
-- Robin Jones Gunn

#Jesus #Doors #Devil

I realized that if I was going to understand the uniqueness and depth of God's love for me, I had to mentally separate my relationships with people from my relationship with the Lord. God's love should never be distorted or diminished by comparing it with the friendship or love of any human who has let me down, rejected me, betrayed me, or lied about me.
-- Robin Jones Gunn

#People #Depth #Betrayed

Bad friends could ruin your whole life. Be wise when it comes to choosing your friends. You set the standard. You be the one who stands strong. Don't be a follower.
-- Robin Jones Gunn

#Wise #Strong #Bad Friend

Sierra felt full of hope and confidence in God. She knew who she was. And she knew Whose she was. Whatever mysterious plan God had for her life, it would be an interesting one. As Christy had said earlier, God writes a different story for each person. Sierra decided hers might not be a bestseller or even a thriller. It certainly wasn't a romance. But it was turning into a fine mystery. And she could live with that.
-- Robin Jones Gunn

#Writing #Interesting #Romance

Lord Jesus,' Christy whispered, 'I want You to hold the key. I want You to decide what should happen in my heart's garden. I want You to let in or send out anything or anybody You want. Especially with guys. I don't want to ever unlock that gate again. I want you to open it only when the right man comes along. Take the key, Lord. Take all my keys. I'll wait for you.
-- Robin Jones Gunn

#Jesus #Heart #Men

Sometimes the best answers to prayer are the ones God doesn't answer.
-- Robin Jones Gunn

#Prayer #Answers #Sometimes

Who needs a house? I'm talking about your heart. You have plenty of guest rooms there. And that's what you do. You open your heart to people. You keep lovely little rooms in there, just waiting for your friends to come visit. People feel as if they can come right in, just as they are. You don't entertain, you love. That's what lasts. That's why people like me feel as if I will always be your friend. You hold a special place for me in your heart.
-- Robin Jones Gunn

#Heart #Talking #People

For many years, Sierra had compared the Holy Spirit to the wind, as it said the the Bible, noting that it was always there, no matter how faint the breeze. The wind went where it wanted to go, and its path was easy to detect because it moved objects and people. But no one had ever seen the wind.
-- Robin Jones Gunn

#Years #Wind #People

The key is for you to discover what you love to do, what you were created to do, and then do it for the people around you with love. That is the abundant life, dear girl, no matter where in the world you live.
-- Robin Jones Gunn

#Girl #Keys #People

If there's one thing I've learned, it's that God is a very creative author, and He writes a different story for every person. No two lives or stories alike.
-- Robin Jones Gunn

#Writing #Two #Creative

Sounds a little like my quote for the week. Do you want to hear it? This is by Augustine: O soul, He only who created thee can satisfy thee. If thou ask for anything else, it is thy misfortune, for He alone made thee in His image can satisfy thee. That's rich, isn't it?
-- Robin Jones Gunn

#Soul #Want #Littles

When I was little, I used to think that the sky at night was a big, black blanket that separated heaven from earth, and the stars were a whole bunch of little pin holes that the angels poked in the blanket so they could look down on us.
-- Robin Jones Gunn

#Stars #Angel #Night

If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.
-- Robin Jones Gunn

#Relationship #Success #Together

The next thing I want to say is that God's way is always the best way. It's the only way, really. And God's word clearly says he created sex for one man and one woman to share only inside the commitment of marriage
-- Robin Jones Gunn

#Sex #Commitment #Want

[When it comes to God] We can't run out of second chances...only time.
-- Robin Jones Gunn

#Running #Second Chance #Chance

Think about it. These guys have far more reasons to pull a prank on Doug than they do me. I kind of wished we had changed clothes, though.' 'There wasn't time,' Katie said. 'Your true love is in desperate need of your assistance. How can you think of changing into the appropriate attire for a rescue?
-- Robin Jones Gunn

#Love Is #Thinking #Clothes

I take it that's where you met Todd.' 'Yep. Almost five years ago. Can you believe it?' 'Five years! You and Todd should be the poster couple for the 'Love Waits' campaign.' Christy laughed. 'It didn't seem that long. A lot has happened during those five years. But I do agree that true love is worth the wait. I'd wait another five years for Todd if I had to. He's the only man for me. Ever.
-- Robin Jones Gunn

#Couple #Believe #Love Is

Then Circled by the golden light of God's Presence and His promise, Paul and Sierra walked side by side along the trail that lead tward the campus and on tward their Future
-- Robin Jones Gunn

#Light #Promise #Golden

Take it and be thankful.
-- Robin Jones Gunn

#Being Thankful

When one heart opens to another heart, it usually results in love.
-- Robin Jones Gunn

#Heart #Results

You know what I think? I think that if a young woman doesn't engage in the act of occasionally wishing on a star or a flower or a birthday cake full of candles, then we're forfeiting one of the sweetest whimsies of our youth.
-- Robin Jones Gunn

#Stars #Flower #Thinking

If you feel far from God, guess who moved?
-- Robin Jones Gunn

#Feels #Moved

Fred: "Is that brick wall your boyfriend?" Doug: "Only in my dreams." Fred: "Oh, you too? I'm Fred." Doug: "Doug. I should mention, in all fairness though that Christy's boyfriend is my best friend. He's the brick wall you should be worried about.
-- Robin Jones Gunn

#Dream #Wall #Your Boyfriend

Did you read the part that says, 'Your hair is like a flock of goats'? How romantic is that? Or that other line, 'Your neck is like the tower of David.' Oh, now, that sounds real attractive! If some guy tried those lines on me, I'm sure I'd fall instantly in love with him.
-- Robin Jones Gunn

#Real #Fall #Hair

Christy: "My grandma made this. I've had it since elementary school." Todd: "I never knew that." Christy: "I never knew you left your towel on the floor." Todd: "Uh-oh. Is this one of those issues they talked about in our premarital counseling? Should I hang up towels so you feel more loved?
-- Robin Jones Gunn

#Grandma #School #Issues

There are two words that you should use frequently in your youth: ´sorry´ and ´thank-you´. Use the first one as often as possible, so that on your death bed all that you have to say to your friends is ´thank-you!´.
-- Robin Jones Gunn

#Sorry #Two #Use

And your life,' Katie said to Christy, 'is turning into a rather predictable romance. Girl meets boy. Boy is a dork for four years. Girl blossoms into a gorgeous woman. Boy finds his brain. Girl turns into starry-eyed mush head.
-- Robin Jones Gunn

#Girl #Boys #Years

Within my heart a garden grows, wild with violets and fragrant rose. bright daffodils line the narrow path, my footsteps silent as i pass. sweet tulips nod their heads in rest; i kneel in prayer to seek gods best. for round my garden a fence stands firm to guard my heart so i can learn who should enter, and who should wait on the other side of my locked gate. i clasp the key around my neck and wonder if the time is yet. if i unlocked the gate today, would you come in? or run away?
-- Robin Jones Gunn

#Running #Sweet #Prayer

In the pit of her stomach she realized that everything she raged against on Saturday night-- the restrictions, rules, and guidelines-- was born of an ancient fervor. Every rule ever established, from the beginning of time, invited mutiny.
-- Robin Jones Gunn

#Night #Pits #Mutiny

It's funny whom we end up choosing to love and who ends up choosing to love us. It's rarely the people we think it should be.
-- Robin Jones Gunn

#Thinking #People #Should

I think it's possible to realize you love someone as deeply as you know how to love and not end up spending the rest of your life with him.
-- Robin Jones Gunn

#Thinking #How To Love #Realizing

In Africa we having a saying, 'If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.' ...Before I go back home, I want you to consider us, Katie. Ponder what it would be like if we went together. Not alone and fast but together and far.
-- Robin Jones Gunn

#Home #Together #Want

When in doubt chicken out.
-- Robin Jones Gunn

#Doubt #Chickens

I told them that when you were born, God was so delighted that He sent a hundred angels to kiss you while you were in your mother's arms. Every place where the angels kissed you, they left a tiny dot. That way, if you ever forget how greatly you are loved by God, all you have to do is look at your skin, and you will remember.
-- Robin Jones Gunn

#Mother #Angel #Kissing

Based on personal experience and not just on theory, Prayerwalk, offers readers practical insights on how to get up, get moving, and get praying. The results can be life changing.
-- Robin Jones Gunn

#Life Changing #Moving #Praying

If God gave us everything we asked for, we'd be in chaos.
-- Robin Jones Gunn

#Chaos

It was the kind of crying that comes from the pit of the stomach and brings a headache with it. The kind that makes a person snort and gasp, and no matter how idiotic you feel or how hard you try, you can't stop.
-- Robin Jones Gunn

#Trying #Pits #Matter