Quotes by Jody Hedlund

Hardships are the Lords greatest blessings to the believer. Without them we would love the Lord only for what He does for us. Our troubles teach us to love Him for who He is. Sister Norton in The Preachers Bride

If only Id realized earlier that it never pays to fight evil with evil. But after watching my father die, Id been consumed with bitterness and had allowed it to lead me astray from what was righteous and pleasing to God.

Bulldog grunted. And I knew the matter was settled. My pulse thrummed with excitement. I was going to marry Juliana Wessex.

God wanted him to go to Him with his deepest needs, to stop looking elsewhere, so that he could be made whole again.

Remember, we show courage in many ways.

We have no control over the future. We can only make the most of the present.

The decision was too important to make lightly without more prayer.

I find learning to be the most valuable of all the treasures in the world. Its priceless.

Youre following the Lord wholeheartedly, yet youre missing out on the forgiveness part. Gods not just in the business of saving us from our sins. Hes also in the business of forgiving those sins and putting them as far as the east is from the west.

Gods already let go of your past. He doesnt remember it. He doesnt count it against you. Now its time for you to let go too.

For it is often the hardest tasks that build the most character.

You dont have to let his definition of success be yours

I guess I figured that as long as I was with people I loved, I was home. It didnt matter where we were or what kind of place we lived in. We had each other and that was enough.

I suppose youll not let me rest until I admit that I like your company?Youre getting to know me well...Very well, Ill admit. Youre slightly more than tolerable.

Courage can be displayed in many forms, my lord, I said gently. Sometimes its evident in the knight charging forward with the lance on his steed. But perhaps it can also take the form of a head bowed before the enemy.

The words of the twenty-third Psalm had come back to her, verses Mutti had helped her memorize as a young girl--Elise Neumann

Marriage doesnt put an end to ones ability to serve God and bring him glory. In fact, Ive seen many married couples who have done more for God together than was possible as individuals.

She smiled, and her smile was filled with all of the sweetness and forgiveness that she offered so freely - and that he didnt deserve. But maybe, as with God, it was time to finally stop condemning himself and accept the gift.

You challenge me to be a better person. And no one else does that, except maybe my mother.

You cant be perfect. No one is. Thats why we need God.