We all need a secret hideaway where the mind can rest and the soul can heal. – Cherie Rayburn
We don’t get to stay in hiding until we are whole; Jesus invited us to live as an inviting woman now and find our healing along the way. –Stasi and John Eldredge, Captivating, pg 138.
We cannot have intimacy with God or anyone else if we stay hidden and offer only who we think we ought to be or what we believe is wanted. – Stasi and John Eldredge, Captivating, pg 216.
Our bodies are just as important to our status of image bearers of God as our minds or souls. We are ensouled bodies as much as we are embodied souls. - Kim Gaines Eckert, Stronger Than You Think, pg 122.
In the Psalms, it is written that “fools say in their hearts…” It is written in another psalm that “My spirit asked…” In another, “My heart and my flesh cry out…” Hearts speak and spirits ask and flesh cries out. The body and the soul and the brain and the heart and thoughts and feelings are all merged into one being we call a person. –Rob Bell, Sex God, pg 156.
Your worth does not come from your body, your mind, your work, what you produce, what you put out, how much money you make. Your worth does not come from whether or not you have a man. Your worth does not come from whether or not men notice you. You have inestimable worth that comes from your creator. – Rob Bell, Sex God, pg 124.
From Eve we received a deep mistrust in the heart of God toward us. Clearly, he’s holding out on us. We’ll just have to arrange for the life we want. We will control our world. But there is also an ache within, an ache for intimacy and for life. – Stasi and John Eldredge, Captivating, pg 75.
I needed to address all three aspects- my body, soul and spirit- in order to come more fully into healing. Far too many women will focus only on one or two aspects and not engage in the spiritual warfare that is swirling around us. But if we would be free, we must. – Stasi and John Eldredge, Captivating, pg 193.
Our thoughts about God will determine not only who we are but how we live. – James Smith, The Good and Beautiful God, pg 88.
In order to grow healthy and intimate relationships, we must interact as whole people, not shutting off parts of ourselves or pretending to be someone we are not. In addition, we must invite others to be whole people as well, not demanding or expecting them to be exactly what we want or need, but seeing them as the unique people God created. – Kim Gaines Eckert, Stronger Than You Think, pg 162.
Don’t sell so cheap when you were bought so costly. – Dan Mohler
In the midst of the unfixables of life we ask, “How can I be with God in the midst of this? How can I allow the beauty of the Christ- life to emerge against the backdrop of this difficulty – rather than allowing it to become a black hole that just sucks me into the darkness? How can I experience the freedom Christ offers me when I feel so overwhelmed and trapped in my pain?” Ruth Haley Barton, The Truths That Free Us, pg 185.
(This is) what happens when a woman asks the question “How does Christ want to live his life uniquely through me?” and then follows him with freedom and abandon. Ruth Haley Barton, The Truths That Free Us, pg 226.