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He liked familiar things, things that had been worn in by good people, people he could trust.
— Jan Karon
the trees began to form
— Jan Karon
We are not necessarily doubting," said C. S. Lewis, "that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be." He
— Jan Karon
Even the roughest character, underneath all that hurt, is someone who wants to love and be loved.
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Lord, make me a blessing to someone today.
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Him.You are good, O God, and You are faithful. Tenderize and soften our Lenten hearts, we pray, lest they grow brittle and break.
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Let me say that I absolutely loved writing 'A Common Life,' because it was a book about love.
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Don't fear whatever God lays before you today.
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He liked being in a place where everything from forgetfulness to homicide might be blamed on the heat.
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Food is a great way of communicating.
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Cutcutcutcutcutcut . . . At 4:10, the machine lifted off the roof of Mitford Hospital and, in the starless night, burned itself away.
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And it can be a way of healing.
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A loved one from us has gone, A voice we love is stilled. A place is vacant in our home, Which never will be filled. Estelle Woodhouse, 1898-1987
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The rector wondered if the joy that people seemed so expert at containing somehow transferred to their dogs, who had nothing at all to hide.
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Phillipians 4:13 for Pete's sake!
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I believe that's when God first started speaking to my heart
the very day I started speaking to His! — Jan Karon
the very day I started speaking to His! — Jan Karon
But "common sense is not faith," Oswald Chambers had written, "and faith is not common sense.
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But I tell you now that it's not too late
no matter how deep the wound. (Regarding forgiveness) — Jan Karon
no matter how deep the wound. (Regarding forgiveness) — Jan Karon
In everything, give thanks.
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I remember the first time I held my book, my first book in my hands. I cannot tell you how it moved me.
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I worried too much about what others thought - I can tell you it's a tragic waste of time and energy and pokes God in the eye.
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I can't say I have any confidence in confidence. I have confidence that God is with us in all things, both tender and tough.
— Jan Karon
Every saint has a past, the sixteenth-century poet had said, and every sinner has a future.
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Knitting, he thought, was a comfort to the soul.
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The dark book has been terribly popular. Dark characters, dysfunction, and all sorts of things from reality that are true in our world.
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God our Father, Lord and Savior, thank you for your love and favor, bless this food and drink we pray, and Irene who shares with me today. Amen.
— Jan Karon
It was a wonderful life. To have a stage play right in this room, with real people acting real parts.
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There was a lot of brokenness in my family. Let's just say that I was raised by my grandparents.
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My grandmother influenced me so deeply.
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Maybe it's because he never had any control over what was happening to him as a boy. Being late was somehow a way of taking charge.
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I grew up hearing words like snakeroot, sassafras, mullein - things that had wondrous, mysterious sounds in their names.
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One of the things that makes a dead leaf fall to the ground is the bud of the new leaf that pushes it off the limb.
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Sorrow and joy, he thought, so inextricably entwined that he could scarcely tell where one left off and the other began.
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Easter is never deserved.
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Love God, be strong, be safe, be happy.
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When we turn from our sin, and have the blessed forgiveness of the Almighty, then we can ask Him to run things, and let Him be in charge.
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In World War One, they called it shell shock. Second time around, they called it battle fatigue. After 'Nam, it was post-traumatic stress disorder.
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My first novel is loaded with food references largely because my cupboards were bare, and I was writing hungry.
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Why can't life always be lived under the stars,' she said, 'with great music and family and friends?
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One must begin somewhere, sometime, to let go of the bitterness, or be eaten alive and the marrow sucked out.
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In Ireland there's no such thing as bad weather ~~~ only the wrong clothes.
(In the Company of Others) — Jan Karon
(In the Company of Others) — Jan Karon
Father Tim: Know that God has a plan for your future. Watch and wait for his timing, and when it comes, hitch a ride. You'll know.
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I try to put my heart out there to everybody. They don't have to be Christian. For example, I have lots of Jewish readers. I love my Jewish readers.
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Give me faith, Lord, to know Your Presence as surely as I know the beating of my own heart. I've felt so far from You ...
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Charles Dickens said, It opens the lungs, washes the countenance, exercises the eyes, and softens the temper - so cry away.
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My friend, if you keep your eyes on Christians, you will be disappointed every day of your life. Your hope is to keep your eyes on Christ." "Yes,
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Loving can be hard. Sometimes we don't feel loving, but it isn't all about feeling. Very often it is about will. Practice that if you can.
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Give us grace when we hurt each other . . . to recognize and acknowledge our fault, and to seek each other's forgiveness and yours.
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There's nothing trite about being consoled in a world that does everything in its power to deliver sorrow.
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There may be circumstances in this life that God uses to keep bringing us back to Him, looking for His grace.
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The waters hold all heaven within their heart.
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We took the parkway to Linville Falls, 221 to Marion, then I-40 here. The Alleluia Highway, we decided to call it.
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Human nature is what we were put on this earth to rise above. K. Hepburn in The African Queen
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There is no such thing as too many deviled eggs.
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Go, and be as the butterfly
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Love is an endless act of forgiveness.
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