Top 36 Quotes About Custis
#1. Joy isn't grounded in our circumstances; it is grounded in the unchanging character of God.
Carolyn Custis James
#3. I think you had better learn to control that imagination of yours,Anne, if you can't distinguish between what is real and what isnt.
L.M. Montgomery
#4. God calls women to run - to trust him and invest ourselves in the race he has marked out - to participate, contribute and fight for what is right.
Carolyn Custis James
#5. Why can't music be magic? Aren't spells just words you repeat? And what are songs? Lyrics that play over and over again. The words are like a formula." All
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
#6. When I joined the freedom movement in Mississippi in my early 20s, it was to come to the aid of sharecroppers, like my parents, who had been thrown off the land they'd always known - the plantations - because they attempted to exercise their 'democratic' right to vote.
Alice Walker
#7. My mother used to tell me, "Things always look worse at night." For the most part, I believe her. But some of the troubles that keep me from sleeping look just as bad in the morning.
Carolyn Custis James
#8. I missed my mother and Elysius. It wasn't that I wanted them with me at that very moment. I wanted them in the past. I wanted to have back just one sunny afternoon together.
Bridget Asher
#9. We are not the masters of our own destinies. We are called to plan and strategize, to work and live active lives, to attempt things that are beyond us and tackle challenges that stretch us to the limit. Yet the outcome of our efforts, even our ability to exert ourselves, is always in God's hands.
Carolyn Custis James
#10. When the average American says, "I'm starving," it is a prelude to a midnight raid on a well-stocked refrigerator or a sudden trip to the nearest fast food restaurant.
Carolyn Custis James
#12. Eve was created to know and walk with God and to make him known to others by reflecting his character in her life. This is a woman's true path to fulfillment and meaning - the only way we will ever discover who we are and find our purpose. And it is accessible to all of us.
Carolyn Custis James
#14. So why not make it better? If we want to see goodness in our lives, we should make it happen. If I can bring just a little help to someone's life, even for a moment, it's better than doing nothing at all.
Davon M. Custis
#15. It doesn't cause me to doubt God's existence, but it does force me to admit there's a lot about God I don't understand.
Carolyn Custis James
#16. The noble calling to rule and subdue the earth in God's name was perverted, as male and female tried to rule and subdue each other.
Carolyn Custis James
#17. If my own struggles have taught me anything, it is that my greatest need is to know God better, and I am not alone.
Carolyn Custis James
#18. Everything. She lives with a profound confidence that he holds the whole world (including her) in his hands.
Carolyn Custis James
#19. A woman's mission centered on home and family - vital spheres of ministry to be sure, but only a slice of the vast mission God originally cast by calling women to rule and subdue the earth.
Carolyn Custis James
#20. Submission is not an occasional event. It is a lifestyle. It isn't a negative obligation on women, but the natural outworking of the gospel in every Christian's life. Submission is an attribute of Jesus, so it ought to show up in all of his followers.
Carolyn Custis James
#21. A solitary image bearer cannot adequately or accurately reveal God in the world, much less fulfill his destiny as a human being. Obviously, this is a matter of grave importance to the Creator.
Carolyn Custis James
#22. We view men's gifts as vital to the church. In contrast, we caution women to exercise their gifts discreetly to avoid causing problems or trespassing some invisible line - which changes location from church to church, sometimes even within the same denomination.
Carolyn Custis James
#23. I think it's important if you are an actor, if you are portraying human life, you have to connect with what is human. It's not easy if you spend a lot of time in L.A. and get sucked into the hedonism of the industry.
Orlando Bloom
#24. I know I'm a storyteller at heart, and if there's a platform that needs stories, I'm going be there.
Michelle Phan
#25. I thought, When the past dies, we mourn for the dead. When the future dies, we mourn for ourselves.
Gloria Steinem
#26. Those nights lying alone are not discontinuous with this cold hectic dawn. It is who I am.
Anne Carson
#27. Boaz is not diminished, marginalized, or feminized in the slightest by being outnumbered and influenced by Ruth and Naomi. As a matter of fact, he only grows stronger himself through his collaborations with them.
Carolyn Custis James
#30. Sometimes following God means throwing caution to the wind. Sometimes caution is a symptom of faithlessness.
Carolyn Custis James
#31. Like rain HOPE trickles little by little at a time so that life may spring up when you're parched.
Tim Liwanag
#32. Officially, the New Testament church at an early stage took seriously their responsibility for widows who lacked family or other resources. The office of deacon was instituted initially to address this pressing need.
Carolyn Custis James
#33. Her loyalty to Yahweh prompts her to challenge the religious status quo and lead others into a whole new realm of allegiance to Yahweh that carries early hints of the teachings of Jesus.
Carolyn Custis James
#34. First and foremost, God is the true hero of the story. No matter how captivating the other characters may be, our top priority is to discover what the Bible reveals about God.
Carolyn Custis James
#35. The ezer is a warrior, and this has far-reaching implications for women, not only in marriage, but in every relationship, season, and walk of life.
Carolyn Custis James
#36. Everything was going according to plan. What caught me off guard, however, was the fact that this eagerly awaited phase brought a sense of loss to me that triggered a whole new wave of soul searching I had not anticipated.
Carolyn Custis James
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