Julie Lessman Quotes

#1. I think of life as very much like a game. The one who created it gave us the rules by which it is to be played, rules designed to help us win, rules to help us be happy. The problem is many times we choose to play by our own rules, and then we're at a loss to understand why we never win.

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#2. [T]welve year old Libby O'Shea coasted on a homemade swing, toes touching a blinding-blue heaven dolloped with clouds.

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#3. The moon hung heavy over the lake like an overripe orange, trickling its golden stream of light across inky depths.

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#4. Pray that God is the most important thing in your life, so much so that hurting him wold hurt you. When that happens, and your choices line up with his, it produces an amazing ripple effect of blessings
in your life, that of your family, and for the man you eventually marry.

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#5. Promise you'll save your heart for God's best, a man who loves God as much as you do. Because therein lies a love like no other.

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#6. Trust is not an obsession, it's an extension of love. When we truly love someone, we give them our heart to hold in their hands. And when that love is returned, that very trust is balm to our souls.

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#7. I've barely ever thought about Him ... That doesn't mean he hasn't thought about you. You own a piece of God's heart, like a piece of puzzle that's missing. A piece nobody else can fill.

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#8. I'm not sure what God has in store for you but I do know one thing - it will be good. I've learned He doesn't skimp with those who have a heart for Him. After all, His Word says He honors those who honor Him.

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#9. true confidence blooms in the soil of a relationship with God, following His path rather than one's own, pursuing His truth rather than the world's.

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#10. She hadn't wanted this and yet deep down inside, she knew that she did, and that was what scared her more than anything.

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#11. For years he had possessed her dreams, but she'd been the master of those dreams. Now, he possessed her memory, and there was nothing she could do about it.

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#12. For once I've met a girl whose beauty on the inside is so powerful and deep, the surface beauty is almost secondary

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#13. But the irony is that unless God's in the center of it, you can get singed pretty badly.

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#14. No one escapes being hurt in this life, because unfortunately, we live in a fallen world. But please believe me when I say there's a great gift in pain.

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#15. He's waiting to love you like you've never been loved before.

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#16. But the truth is, real love denies self to give those we love God's best. So I said no to Collin and yes to God, and I truly believe that's why our marriage is so wonderful today. Because the Bible is clear - God honors those who honor him.

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#17. Forgiveness is really just another word for freedom.

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#18. Peace ... He should market it! ... He does every day. Through grateful pieces of the puzzle like you and me.

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#19. You can. It's not a matter of feeling it, it's a matter of doing it - making the decision to bend that iron will of yours in God's direction so that He can hear your prayers and unleash blessings.

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#20. I was young once, you know. Truth be told, I still am. Now, if I can convince my mirror.

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