Jody Hedlund Quotes

• “Hardships are the Lord's 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 Preacher's Bride”

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• “When things don't turn out the way we want, about the only thing we can do is know God is still there piecing together all the scraps of the events in our lives the way He has planned. He sees the big picture even when we don't.”

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• “You don't have to let his definition of success be yours”

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• “Courage can be displayed in many forms, my lord,' I said gently. 'Sometimes it's 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.”

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• “My theory is that every little bit has the potential to help. We just have to learn where to focus our limited time and energy, because we obviously can’t do it all.”

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• “The love within them shone as brightly as the lighthouse beam on the darkest, stormiest night. It broke through her confusion and heartache and filled her with a warm glow.”

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• “Just because the whole world changes its opinion about something doesn't mean God changes his.”

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• “Sometimes, when we think we've come to a dead end, we've arrived instead at God's stepping-stone on the way to bigger plans.”

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• “I have searched far and wide... he whispered, and have finally found the one my heart desires.”

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• “Sometimes we have to take risks, even put our lives in jeopardy to do what's right.”

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

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• “Besides, every woman appreciates when a man takes the time and effort to demonstrate his love, not for what he can get out of it but for what he can give.”

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• “Would not the world be a better place if a man simply lived in humility and loved his brother or sister as himself, regardless of one’s birth?”

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• “But even brave people are afraid on occasion. Sometimes fear can protect us from being too foolish or reckless.”

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• “Moreover, Jesus showed love to the lowest, poorest, sickest people. As His followers, He calls us to do the same.”

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

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• “Kindness can form the bridge that helps a person cross from pain to peace.”

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• “There are actually some men in the world who care more about a women's character than her physical appearance.”

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• “Maybe we won't have the beauty of a perfect summer. But neither do we have to endure the callousness of an uncaring winter. Instead, we can all look for our own spring- we can discover where God wants to use us. Do you hear the whisper of spring?”

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• “Maybe we should stop looking at why God doesn’t answer every prayer the way we think He should. But instead we should count it a blessing that He hears our prayers at all.”

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• “Hardships are the Lord’s greatest blessing 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.”

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• “God had indeed answered our prayers in a way we'd never been able to envision on our own.”

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• “He wiped his thumb across the trail of her tears. “If I could, I would get the whole world for you.”

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• “I meant my vow to you. And I will choose to love and cherish you unto death.”

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• “My vanity suggested I should take offense, but the deeper part of me was relieved- relieved that he was noble enough to want to make such a sacrifice from his heart rather than from his desire to impress me.”

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