Best 33 quotes of Jody Hedlund on MyQuotes

Don’t get stuck thinking you don’t matter or you’re not important enough. I know for people like us who come from lowly backgrounds, we all too often accept our place at the bottom and think that’s where we belong. But that’s just not true. God didn’t create some people to be better than others. He created everyone to have equal value.

For it is often the hardest tasks that build the most character.

God had indeed taken her on a voyage. Through it all, He’d done a mighty work inside her, changing her, teaching her to truly love, and making her ready for even greater things to come. She couldn’t ask for anything more.

God's already let go of your past. He doesn't remember it. He doesn't count it against you. Now it's time for you to let go too.

God wanted him to go to Him with his deepest needs, to stop looking elsewhere, so that he could be made whole again.

He might be a gentleman, yet he wasn’t above sweating and laboring and mingling with others of a lower rank.

I can hate and blame myself forever. That’s actually the easy thing to do. What takes strength is to finally forgive myself and make peace with what happened. No, I won’t ever forget about them, but I can’t continue to live in the shadow of my mistakes.

I find learning to be the most valuable of all the treasures in the world. It's priceless.

I guess I figured that as long as I was with people I loved, I was home. It didn't matter where we were or what kind of place we lived in. We had each other and that was enough.

I may not be able to help everyone," Bates said slowly, "but I help those God places in my path each day. One life at a time, one small difference at a time. My methods are not revolutionary. But I'm doing the small part God's called me to, and when I obey Him, He gives me the strength I need to accomplish the task at hand.

I realized then, this connection with him would be difficult to cut loose, that his presence was weaving into the tapestry of my life, and that I had no wish to untangle the woven strands any more than I wished to release his hold on my hand.

It took more courage to love in the face of loss than to close oneself off out of fear of getting hurt.

It was as if she’d been stuck her entire life in a tiny overcrowded corner that had defined her existence, ignorant of the spacious world that existed beyond her.

Marriage doesn't put an end to one's ability to serve God and bring him glory. In fact, I've seen many married couples who have done more for God together than was possible as individuals.

Maybe Mercy was as guilty of making assumptions about the wealthy as they were of forming their views of the poor. She’d do well to stop rushing to judge and instead see beyond the surface to the real person.

My sister always said if we’re stronger in body, that just means we’ve got more responsibility from the good Lord to take care of any who are weaker.

My vanity suggested I should take offense, but the deeper part of me was relieved- relieved that he was noble enough to want to make such a sacrifice from his heart rather than from his desire to impress me.

No, buddy. I won’t be mad. In fact, I’m mighty happy God brought you to the perfect family in His perfect timing just like we prayed for.

Ofttimes we cannot change the entire direction of a route already set in motion. But we can do our small part to shift the path one degree at a time.

Our whole lives are going to be filled with challenges, and our job is to keep growing and seeking after what God has next for us.

She closed her eyes. "God hath not given us a spirit of fear; but of power, of love, and of a sound mind." The verse resounded in her mind. Part of her knew that one of the best ways to overcome any fear was to face it head on and walk through it, instead of trying to run away from it. Once she persevered and made it to the other side, the fear would be less menacing and less controlling. It was just the process of getting there that was so difficult.

So you're saying that sometimes it takes courage to stop living in the shadows and move into the sunshine?' His question was genuine and warm. She exhaled her relief. 'Yes.

So you’re saying that sometimes it takes courage to stop living in the shadows and move into the sunshine?

The decision was too important to make lightly without more prayer.

The love within them shone as brightly as the lighthouse beam on the darkest, stormiest night. It broke through her confusion and heartache and filled her with a warm glow.

The truth was, he liked being his own man, breaking free of the constraints of his class and doing whatever he pleased.

The truth was, Mercy hadn’t witnessed many successful or happy marriages in her tiny corner of the world. As a result, marriage didn’t appeal to her any more than the thought of having children.

Tis often the rarity that makes something so precious, wouldn't you say? If I were to have such extravagance daily then I might begin to think the jewels and the praise are ordinary rather than treasure them as I do.

Was death so common a visitor in these parts that people expected it, maybe even welcomed it as the only true savior from their pain? Or had they, like her, closed off their hearts to the pain in order to continue on?

We have no control over the future. We can only make the most of the present.

Whatever the future brought, she was learning to trust that God was with her no matter where she was and no matter how difficult her situation.

You don't have to let his definition of success be yours

You're following the Lord wholeheartedly, yet you're missing out on the forgiveness part. God's not just in the business of saving us from our sins. He's also in the business of forgiving those sins and putting them as far as the east is from the west.