Joseph Smith Jr. Quotes

The lower you fall, the higher you'll fly. The farther you run, the more God wants you back.

I used to hurt so badly that I'd ask God why, what have I done to deserve any of this? I feel now He was preparing me for this, for the future. That's the way I see it.

God will use your mess for good. We see a perfect mess; God sees a perfect chance to train, test , and teach.

Our glory is hidden in our pain, if we allow God to bring the gift of himself in our experience of it.

My tag line for 'Silver Linings' is this: It's about a man who thinks his life is a movie produced by God.

In my case Pilgrim's Progress consisted in my having to climb down a thousand ladders until I could reach out my hand to the little clod of earth that I am.

There will be days when you feel defeated, exhausted, and plain old beat-up by life's whiplash. People you love will disappoint you - and you will disappoint them. You'll probably struggle with some kind of mortal appetite. Some days it will feel as though the veil between Heaven and Earth is made of reinforced concrete.

The good news of suffering is that it brings us to the end of ourselves - a purpose it has certainly served in my life. It brings us to the place of honesty, which is the place of desperation, which is the place of faith, which is the place of freedom.

Afflictions are but as a dark entry into our Father's house.

I want to see Christian fiction speak to the hard and real issues that tear people's lives apart.

Fading, fading: strength beyond hope and despair climbing the third stair. Lord, I am not worthy Lord, I am not worthy but speak the word only.

A broken life in the hands of God is ripe for blessing.

God takes what the enemy meant for your bad and turns it for your good! It wasn't a set back but a set up! Wait and see what God is getting ready to do for you!

God can make greatness out of a great mess

Even when God seemed to have abandoned me, he was watching. Even when he seemed indifferent to my suffering, he was watching. And when I was beyond all hope of saving, he gave me rest. Then he gave me a sign to continue my journey.

Love one another, Jesus said. Sometimes it took a lifetime to learn how. Sometimes it took someone to hit rock bottom to make someone reach up and grasp hold and be lifted from the mire to stand on a firm foundation.

God ain't finished with any of us yet.

Your pain has a purpose. Your problems, struggles, heartaches, and hassles cooperate toward one end-the glory of God.

I don't think God's through with me.

I have fallen short in my life, but my faith has always brought me home.

I do believe in Christ, but I would not hold myself up as any paragon of virtue at all - far from it, really.

I don't think God's through with me.

It wasn't until we got over the self pity that we were able to accept suffering as apart of our life with Christ. A man or woman reaches this plane only when he or she ceases to be the hero.

Anything that I undergo, I look at as redemptive suffering.

I learned that if we embrace what's happening, we are also embracing what is possible - and a road opens up for God to meet us halfway.