Quotes by Susan May Warren

I’ve married a man who is so afraid of living, he’d rather destroy the very thing that makes him feel alive.

Its because when God adopts you into His family, you belong to Him. He stamps His name on you. A name that comes with His protection. And His birthright, which is eternity and the power to live with joy on this earth.

Its a mothers greatest privilege to give birth, to raise a child. But a womans greatest honor is to look at her son with pride and know that shes helped him become a man.

Its an awe-filled, wonderful, terrifying act to have a child, for you suddenly wear your heart on the outside of your body. You risk a little more each day as he wanders from your arms into the world.

The Lord of my life, who calls me to be brave and walk into the unknown, amazing future. I am always awed by the wonder of you.

Life isnt sure, life is scary, It doesnt mean you stop living it.

You’re treating your relationship with God like a fling. As it means nothing to Him and nothing to you. As if you can walk away from each other. But God doesn’t operate that way.

The amazing, whole, overwhelming, abundant life is found, oddly, by letting go. By living a dangerous faith--the kind of faith that believes in a God who knows our hearts and loves us enough to take our breath away.

It’s not about how you feel. It’s about what you do.

You know enough of me to believe me when I say I am not going anywhere. Not without you. You stay, I stay. You’re not a fling, Amelia. For me, you are the reason to stop running.

Jesus wanted to show mercy to every single person He met. He wanted to sweep them up and embrace them with His love. But because of His eternal plans for goodness, He cant always do that. I dont know why, but i believe He has a greater good than healing our temporary pain.

Yeah, seeing her unsettled him, but it was her words that nearly took him apart. Because sometime after his heart started beating again, after he’d grabbed ahold of his emotions, she’d become the woman that, once upon a time, he’d fallen in love with.

But a guy didn’t have to be a charmer with the right girl. No, the right girl made him say the right things, feel like he could stand on top of the world. The right girl laughed at his jokes and met his eyes with a smile that said he could do no wrong.

I’ve heard girls like it when you listen

If you love someone, you dont act like they annoy you. You like them, and you try and make them think theyre the most important person in the world to you.

Take a chance on God. After all, He took a chance on you.