I am blessed. I can bless.

— Ann Voskamp

If the heights of our joy are measured by the depths of our gratitude, and gratitude is but a way of seeing, a spiritual perspective of smallness might offer a vital way of seeing especially conducive to gratitude

— Ann Voskamp

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 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 I'm grateful to the Bridge Builder for the crossing of a million strong bridges, thankful for a million faithful moments, my life speaks my beliefs and I trust Him again.

— Ann Voskamp

I have lived pain, and my life can tell: I only deepen the wound of the world when I neglect to give thanks the heavy perfume of wild roses in early July and the song of crickets on summer humid nights and the rivers that run and the stars that rise and the rain that falls and all the good things that a good God gives.

— Ann Voskamp

I hunger for filling in a world that is starved.

— Ann Voskamp

I know the theological answers, but do my blood and my pulse?

— Ann Voskamp

I make soup and I back bread and I know my supreme need is joy in God and I know I can't experience deep joy in God until I deeply trust in God. I shine sinks and polish through to the realization that trusting God is my most urgent need. If I deeply trusted God in all the facets of my life, wouldn't that deep heal my anxiety, my self-condemnation, my soul holes? The fear is suffocating, terrorizing, and I want the remedy, and it is trust. Trust is everything. If fear keeps our lives small, does a life that receives all of God at this moment grow large too?

— Ann Voskamp

In a storm of struggles, I have tried to control the elements, clasp the fist tight to protect self and happiness. But stress can be an addiction, and worry can be our lunge for control, and we forget the answer to this moment is always yes because of Christ.

— Ann Voskamp

I only live the full life when I live fully at the moment.

— Ann Voskamp

I receive grace. And through me, grace could flow on. Like a cycle of water in continuous movement, grace is meant to fall, a rain...again, again, again. I could share the grace, multiply the joy, extend the table of the feast, enlarge the paradise of His presence. I am blessed. Furthermore, I can bless.

— Ann Voskamp