Harold Kushner Quotes

From the moment a creature becomes aware of God as God and of itself as self, the terrible alternative of choosing God or self for the center is opened to it.

I'm a woman of faith. And I really believe that if I say, 'God, this is what I want,' He says, 'I'll give you your desires, as long as they line up with My will.'

I went through those times in my life where I started to get bitter and angry, and you're like, 'Why am I even a Christian? I don't like any of these people that call themselves Christians.' That's when I had to go spend time with God, and He had to remind me I'm walking with Him and not these people.

I really believe that God has a purpose for everything that I do.

The man who prays is the one who thinks that god has arranged matters all wrong, but who also thinks that he can instruct god how to put them right.

Some unanswered prayers are only because God doesn't want to do something for us. He wants to do something through us.

A nominal Christian often discovers in suffering that his faith has been in his church, denomination, or family tradition, but not Christ. As he faces evil and suffering, he may lose his faith. But that’s actually a good thing. I have sympathy for people who lose their faith, but any faith lost in suffering wasn’t a faith worth keeping.

That which God plants he will take care to keep watered.

I don't think our family is falling apart and getting destroyed. I just think it's rearranging itself in the way God meant it to be because it wasn't working how it was.

God never allows pain without a purpose.

As we come to know God better, we will also find it easier to know, follow, and accept His will for our life.

If you’re not seeing God move in your life right now, one of two possibilities must be considered. Either your requests are not God’s best and will probably not be answered the way you’d like or it must not be the right time. If God were to answer that prayer the way you are hoping, it could interfere with his ideal plan for you.

The Bible, and the peace that comes about through a continuous relationship with God are the best ways of knowing His will.

All God's plans have the mark of the cross on them, and all His plans have death to self in them.

If you are experiencing confusion, pain, and suffering, it may be that God is working things out for you in his own way. It is most often the sovereign work of our God unfolding a master plan known only to him.

God does not care If I am bad or good- He wants my love, Not my sainthood.

The giant step in the walk of faith is the one we take when we decide God no longer is a part of our lives. He IS our life.

God wants the world to see what God can do with his purchased possessions. So he prunes you.

Every time we give in to selfishness and say “No” to God, we spoil his loving plan for us.

When we cling too tightly to what God did last, we often miss what God wants to do next.

God doesn't want to change the world without you.

God isn't trying to make our lives easier; He wants to make them more meaningful.

The injustice of men subserves the justice of God, and often His mercy.

God is the Creator God, he doesn't want to say, "Okay, creation was very good, but I'm scrapping it." He wants to say, "Creation is so good that I'm going to rescue it."

We plant sod where God wants 2 plant seed. He's more interested in growing our character than having us look finished.