It’s an act of our will to choose to see people simply as wildly loved by God, to assume their beauty before guessing their depravity.

— Mary E. DeMuth

It’s never easy letting go. But if we don’t learn the art of relinquishment, we’ll never move forward to embrace the new relationships God has for us.

— Mary E. DeMuth

I understand true life doesn't happen when I constantly gaze backwards, mulling over all the injustices others have done, or I have done to others.

— Mary E. DeMuth

I wear the word victim like a badge of honor — my own Purple Heart. I see what others do more than I see what I'm capable of.

— Mary E. DeMuth

Jesus often calls us to risk. He asks us to be vulnerable, to be authentic, so others can see Him in and through us.

— Mary E. DeMuth

Jesus wastes none of our stories, even our tales of woe. He transforms them into epic adventures where we dare to face our past for the sake of our present.

— Mary E. DeMuth

Money is a cheap but powerful substitute for Jesus, and wielding money is intoxicating, but it won't usher in the kingdom of God, nor will it ensure eternal treasures.

— Mary E. DeMuth

My stubborn, self-savvy heart will not reach for the sky if my earth becomes everything I need. If people fill me up then where is my need for the transcendent? If everything is glory and beauty and sweetness and light, will I be the type of soul that reaches to Jesus?

— Mary E. DeMuth

Our task shouldn't be punishing the villains in our lives, but enlarging the God who heals us from all wounds.

— Mary E. DeMuth

Pain can either thrust me into the arms of Jesus or make me turn my back on Him. Either way, it's a choice.

— Mary E. DeMuth