Mignon McLaughlin Quotes

God is the only way you're going to make it in life, the glue that holds everything together.

I was angry but not at God. I feel that you are closer to God when you are messed up. Definitely. That's when you most need God, and God cannot control what man does.

When you have closed the Bible, you have neither closed God's mind nor shut God's mouth. God continues to speak, live and exist. I think we should consult the living God for the living word for living people dealing with death, destruction and despair in the midst of our hurt humanity. I believe love will conquer all.

In closing, let me just thank God, on the floor of the House, for not turning away from us even though we seem to be turning away from Him.

God does give us more than we can bear sometimes.

If God is not sending earthquakes, destroying economies and inflicting pain upon human beings, what is God doing? God works through people, calling them to help their neighbors in need. God comforts His people, walking with them even 'through the valley of the shadow of death.'

I never question God. Sometimes I say, 'Why me? Why do I have such a hard life? Why do I have this disease? Why do I have siblings who died?' But then I think and say, 'Why not me?'

I do know this: God does answer your prayers, but it's not always in the way you expect. God knows what's best for us, though, so there's no need to worry when things don't go how we originally wanted them to go.

There is hope for the future because God has a sense of humor and we are funny to God.

God has been good to me. My faith has been good to me in the moments of deepest suffering, doubt and fear.

Although there is no solution that is easy, and there is no one formula that will work for everyone with a heartache or a concern, there is One who cares very much about your situation, and He knows what you should do. That is our Father in Heaven.

How do you live with evil? Art is traditionally - certainly with my secular background - the answer, but art is very self-referential, whereas religion claims to go beyond the bounds of human existence.

The only thing God didn't do to Job was give him a computer.

In spiritual things, it is God who performs all things for you. Rest in Him, then.

If I were to say, 'God, why me?' about the bad things, then I should have said, 'God, why me?' about the good things that happened in my life.

We are a long time in learning that all our strength and salvation is in God.

The wonderful thing about God is he knows what we need to persuade us.

God, as Truth, has been for me a treasure beyond price. May He be so to every one of us.

God helps those who fear Him.

God is a concept by which we measure our pain.

Your God is ever beside you - indeed, He is even within you.

I always say God doesn't need me, but I need Him in my life to survive in this world and over temptation. That's Who keeps me humble every time.

Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers.

I challenged God. I said, 'God, I know that I'm a sinner. I know that I won't probably have peace until You're in my heart. But I will not let You in my heart until You answer me, why? Why did you take my arms and legs? Why didn't You give me what everybody else has? God, until You answer me that question, I will not serve You.'

In myself I am nothing. It all comes from God and the Virgin Mary.