Our [people’s] very saving
Our [people’s] very saving is associated with our gratitude. Which follows: if our fall in the garden was ingratitude, then salvation must be intimately related to giving of thanks. Ann Voskamp
Ann Voskamp
God lays down all
God lays down all of His fullness into all the emptiness. I am in Him. He is in me. I embrace God in the moment. I give Him thanks and I bless God and we meet and couldn’t I make love to God, making every moment love for Him? “To know Him the way Adam … Read more
So my blog wasn’t
So my blog wasn’t about “platform” but really, it was everything you are not “supposed” to do in blogging. Ann Voskamp
We don’t see the
We don’t see the material world for what it is meant to be: the means to communion with God…. There is a belief missing, that God is good and that he gives good gifts. Ann Voskamp
I started blogging in
I started blogging in 2004, light years ago on the Web. Ann Voskamp
Kathie Lee [Gifford] invited
Kathie Lee [Gifford] invited me to come to New York for lunch with her – and surprised with an unexpected shout out again for One Thousand Gifts on the show and graciously asked a few questions on camera. Indebted to her and the people who read and looked for Jesus in the pages and shared … Read more
Just that maybe …
Just that maybe … maybe you don’t want to change the story, because you don’t know what a different ending holds. Ann Voskamp
I glance back in
I glance back in the mirror to the concrete bridge, the one I’ve boldly driven straight across without second thought, and I see truth reflecting back at me: Every time fear freezes and worry writhes, every time I surrender to stress, aren’t I advertising the unreliability of God? That I really don’t believe? But if … Read more
He does have surprising,
He does have surprising, secret purposes. I open a Bible, and His plans, startling, lie there barefaced. It’s hard to believe it, when I read it, and I have to come back to it many times, feel long across those words, make sure they are real. His love letter forever silences any doubts: “His secret … Read more
Because nothing is greater
Because nothing is greater and we have no greater need, God gives God. Ann Voskamp