I came into this world the way every person on the planet does - with clenched fists. Ann Voskamp More Quotes by Ann Voskamp More Quotes From Ann Voskamp Gratitude is the most fruitful way of deepening your consciousness that you are a divine choice. Ann Voskamp gratitude choices way Simplicity is ultimately a matter of focus. Ann Voskamp simplicity focus matter I fly to Paris and discover how to make love to God. Ann Voskamp paris making-love Worry is the facade of taking action when prayer really is. Ann Voskamp prayer action worry Without God’s Word as a lens, the world warps Ann Voskamp warp lenses world Stress isn't only a joy stealer. The way we respond to it can be sin. Ann Voskamp stress joy way Life is so urgent and necessitates living slow. It's only the amateurs-and that I've been, and it's been ugly-who thinks slow and urgent are contradictory. Ann Voskamp ugly life-is thinking Praying with eyes wide open is the only way to pray without ceasing. Ann Voskamp eye praying way In a world addicted to speed, I blur the moments into one unholy smear. Ann Voskamp cherish-every-moment moments world In our rushing, bulls in china shops, we break our own lives. Ann Voskamp rushing bulls break Only speak words that make souls stronger -\-\ for once words are spoken, they may be forgiven, but may be not forgotten. Ann Voskamp stronger soul may I want to see beauty. In the ugly, in the sink, in the suffering, in the daily, in all the days before I die, the moments before I sleep. Ann Voskamp ugly suffering sleep Practice is the hardest part of learning, and training is the essence of transformation. Ann Voskamp essence practice inspirational Can God be counted on? Count blessings and find out how many of His bridges have already held. Ann Voskamp bridges blessing Love comes softly, it cannot be forced...cannot bear the weight of our expectations. Love always comes in the surrender - in the falling. Ann Voskamp weight expectations fall And when I give thanks for the seemingly microscopic, I make a place for God to grow within me. Ann Voskamp gratitude thanksgiving grows Because One died for me that I might breathe this breath...It's all a gift. Ann Voskamp breaths breathe might The true Love Dare. To move into His presence and listen to His love unending and know the grace uncontainable. This is the vault of the miracles. The only thing that can change us, the world, is this- all His love. Ann Voskamp miracle grace moving At the last, this is what will determine a fulfilling, meaningful life, a life that, behind all the facades, every one of us longs to live: gratitude for the blessings that expresses itself by becoming the blessing. Ann Voskamp gratitude blessing meaningful In counting gifts, to one thousand, more, I discover that slapping a sloppy brush of thanksgiving over everything in my life leaves me deeply thankful for very few things in my life. Ann Voskamp brushes leaving-me counting
