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. Jan Karon More Quotes by Jan Karon More Quotes From Jan Karon 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. Jan Karon bud limbs fall Cynthia came in quietly and set a cup of tea before him. He kissed her hand, inexpressibly grateful, and she went back into the kitchen. When we view the little things with thanksgiving, even they become big things. Jan Karon grateful views hands Are you reading your Bible?" Ah, well...I was." And then you quit." You got it." Then, you can expect to be weak on one of your flanks, and that's precisely where the Enemy will come after you with a vengeance. Jan Karon quitting reading enemy Phillipians 4:13 for Pete's sake! Jan Karon sake My first novel is loaded with food references largely because my cupboards were bare, and I was writing hungry. Jan Karon hungry writing firsts There may be circumstances in this life that God uses to keep bringing us back to Him, looking for His grace. Jan Karon grace use may Easter is never deserved. Jan Karon happy-easter easter Bottom line, wasn’t life itself a special occasion? Jan Karon bottom lines special Lord, make me a blessing to someone today Jan Karon prayer blessing today For a very long time, I wrote a book a year, and was eager and willing to do it, to put bread on the table, to have my work out there. Now I must write a book every two years, and that's never enough time, either. Jan Karon writing book years Love is an endless act of forgiveness. Jan Karon endless forgiveness love-is Well, I think some people are very happy in retirement. And in a year and a half I'm going to see how happy I feel in retirement. I'm just going to not work quite so hard, but I'll continue to write as long as God gives me breath. Jan Karon writing retirement thinking Love is an actual need, an urgent requirement of the heart, he read aloud from an old essay on marriage that he found in his files.Every properly constituted human being who entertains an appreciation of loneliness...and looks forward to happiness and content feels the necessity of loving. Without it, life is unfinished. Jan Karon loneliness heart appreciation So many people don't know that God loves them. They feel, 'Why would God love me? Why would He be interested in me? Jan Karon god-love feels people ...weary of k knowing too much and understanding too little. Jan Karon understanding knowing littles 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. Jan Karon veterans-day stress war The firefly only shines when on the wing, So it is with us--when we stop, we darken. Jan Karon firefly shining wings I'd like you to know that I have forgiven him. Again and again. Once done, course, back comes the Enemy to persecute and persecute, and I must ante up to God and forgive yet again. Jan Karon forgiving done enemy In Ireland there’s no such thing as bad weather ~~~ only the wrong clothes. (In the Company of Others) Jan Karon company clothes weather 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. Jan Karon sin blessed running
