Best 12 quotes of Valerie M. Bodden on MyQuotes

A year ago, she'd been sure she'd never be happy again. But surrendering herself to God's will had filled her with a kind of joy she'd never known before.

Her eyes were what had drawn him to her in the first place. So impossibly light they were almost transparent. But it was more than their color. It was their warmth. Their sincerity. The way they revealed everything she felt. Which was also what scared him about them.

Her heart jumped, and she told herself it was only because he'd surprised her. So what if she'd begun to suspect there was more to it than that? She wasn't brave enough to examine what it might be.

It turned out he'd been offering her everything she needed. And she hadn't realized it until this moment. When it was too late.

It was as if Violet had smashed down all his walls and seen right into his heart. Seen exactly what he needed to hear, exactly what had been weighing on his soul for the past seven years. She knew him without his ever saying a word.

Okay, Lord. The prayer flowed from her heart. Help me to stop fighting your plans. Whatever they are, I know they are better than any plan I could come up with.

She'd always been touched when people prayed for her. But to hear Jared praying for her? That arrowed right into her heart. In the best way.

She may not know what she wanted to do with her life. But she knew who she wanted to share it with. If it wasn't too late.

Somewhere along the line, she'd forgotten that each day was a gift from the Lord and had started to look at the days as something to simply survive. But not anymore.

Spencer closed his eyes, all the pent-up frustration leaking from him. In its place he was left with something even harder to handle. Hope.

This was why he didn’t go out, didn’t talk to people. Eventually, people weren’t content to let you be a stranger without a history anymore. They wanted to know about your past―and they didn’t care if you didn’t want to tell about it.

You will never be enough on your own. But that's okay. Because you don't need to be enough. God doesn't care what you've accomplished. He loves you without condition. When you look to Christ, you will triumph. You will have everything. You will have the victory.