"He has chosen not to heal me, but to hold me. The more intense the pain, the closer His embrace."

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Source : Joni Eareckson Tada (2010). “A Place of Healing: Wrestling with the Mysteries of Suffering, Pain, and God's Sovereignty”, p.35, David C Cook

Joni Eareckson Tada

#Pain Quotes #Intense Quotes #Embrace Quotes

“It's amazing how someone's IQ seems to double as soon as you give them responsibility and indicate that you trust them.”
“So, no matter what your personal aspiration, it is important to articulate it and implant it firmly in your heart and mind. Determined mental and emotional focus will invariably manifest the achievement of your desire more quickly than anything else.”
“House, rap, R&B, disco rock, they are all part of hip-hop culture. Why you ain't playing Kraftwerk along with Jay-Z? That's hip-hop.”
“Whenever problems seem to get the best of me, whenever I feel them closing in on me, I go to a quiet place that lies somewhere in my soul. I do not reason, analyze or think. Those will come later. I simply go. From this place of silence, I garner strength and inspiration to stand firm in the face of fire, to be calm in the midst of thunder. When I emerge, the world has not changed, but I have. And in changing, a whole new world is born.”
“The trick is not caring what EVERYBODY thinks of you and just caring about what the RIGHT people think of you.”
“I have absolutely no dance background at all. Nor a singing background. People, for some reason, think I can. And I don't know why that is. I sort intoned in Moulin Rouge, through facial hair and buck-teeth, but I don't really call it singing.”

Source : "The Van Helsing Interviews: Richard Roxburgh". Horror.com Interview, www.horror.com. April 8, 2004.
“If the Pilgrims had landed in Santa Monica Bay rather than Boston, we'd have six states out here!”
“Then he kissed her. Betsy didn't believe in letting boys kiss you. She thought it was silly to be letting first this boy and then that one kiss you, when it didn't mean a thing. But it was wonderful when Joe Willard kissed her. And it did mean a thing.”

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