“I want to cultivate a deep sense of gratitude, of groundedness, of enough, even while I'm longing for something more. The longing and the gratitude, both. I'm practicing believing that God knows more than I know, that he sees what I can't, that he's weaving a future I can't even imagine from where I sit this morning.” KnowsWantBelieveI CanEnoughMorningImagineGratitudeLongingGod KnowsWeavingGroundedness Book:Bread and Wine: A Love Letter to Life Around the Table with Recipes Source: Bread and Wine: A Love Letter to Life Around the Table with Recipes
“I believe that God is making all things new. I believe that Christ overcame death and that pattern is apparent all through life and history: life from death, water from a stone, redemption from failure, connection from alienation. I believe that suffering is part of the narrative, and that nothing really good gets built when everything's easy.” BelieveSufferingI BelieveEasyChristWaterBuiltAll ThingsStonesConnectionsPatternsRedemptionNarrativeAlienationAll Things New Author:Shauna Niequist
“I want you to stop running from thing to thing to thing, and to sit down at the table, to offer the people you love something humble and nourishing, like soup and bread, like a story, like a hand holding another hand while you pray. We live in a world that values us for how fast we go, for how much we accomplish, for how much life we can pack into one day. But I'm coming to believe it's in the in-between spaces that our lives change, and that the real beauty lies there.” PeopleWorldWantBelieveRealStoriesHandsRunningLyingValuesSpaceOur LivesPrayingOne DayOffersTablesHumbleAccomplishBreadLife ChangingI Want YouPacksSoupReal BeautyHand Holding Author:Shauna Niequist
“I believe still today what I have always believed: that God is good, that the world He made is extraordinary, and that His comfort is like nothing else on earth.” WorldBelieveMadeStillsTodayEarthI BelieveComfortExtraordinaryAlways Believe Author:Shauna Niequist
“I believe that suffering is part of the narrative, and that nothing really good gets built when everything's easy. I believe that loss and emptiness and confusion often give way to new fullness and wisdom.” WayGivingBelieveSufferingI BelieveEasyLossBuiltConfusionNarrativeEmptinessFullness Book:Bittersweet: Thoughts on Change, Grace, and Learning the Hard Way Source: Bittersweet: Thoughts on Change, Grace, and Learning the Hard Way