Emily T. Wierenga Quotes & Sayings

And sometimes it takes disappointment to remember that this world is not our home. — Emily T. Wierenga

It just takes one person, believing in you. It just takes one person, loving on you. That's all it takes to change the world — Emily T. Wierenga

The more he held me and the more he whispered his love to me in the crook of night, the more I began to believe that I was made for something more. That my body could be used as a home for a child and that my heart could make room for a cradle. — Emily T. Wierenga

I grumble at God and wonder if He loves me, just because things don't go right. If everything always went right I'd have no sympathy for those who suffered and I'd have no excuse for not being joyful all the time - but I bet I'd still grumble. This way it's a test of character and faith, to see how I react to disappointments, crying kids, sickness, disturbed nights, etc. — Emily T. Wierenga

telling me he loves me. Telling me nothing can erase that love. That nothing I've done in the past can wreck my future so long as he is in it. — Emily T. Wierenga

To be vulnerable, and it's only in being vulnerable that we can be fully loved. — Emily T. Wierenga

Behind all of your stories, is your mother's story, because hers is where yours began — Emily T. Wierenga

Sometimes, for a split second, life's problems just sort of line up and solve themselves and you see the hand of Jehovah Jireh so gloriously and heavily. Just for a second. Like God shining on Moses's face and then he's gone, but still, the shine. And for months afterward your face is alight. — Emily T. Wierenga

I don't have the answers. I don't know how this story will end. All I know is that there is a very real God whom my mother adores, and if she, in all her pain and suffering, can still radiate worship, how much more should I? He sees the little sparrow fall. He sees my mum dancing to the rhythms of his grace, and he sees me in all my anger trying to love him in spite of it all. So I will continue to trust, even if it means letting her go. — Emily T. Wierenga

God's plan is never just about us. — Emily T. Wierenga

It was about my spirit crying "Abba!" It was about years of hating the church for its hypocrisy and men for the way I'd always wanted my dad to hold me — Emily T. Wierenga