Francine Rivers Quotes

“Why is it only in darkness that we remember what sustained us even in the light?”

“Better the discomfort that leads to repentance and restoration than temporal comfort and eternal damnation.”

“I gave up what I can't keep for something I can never lose.”

“True beauty is rare, and seldom recognized by the one who possesses it.”

“… for some of us, one mile can be more to walk than thirty.”

“Jesus has given me eternal life in Him. Let them take my life here, but God holds me in the palm of His hand and no one can take Him from me.”

“Never doubt God in the darkness what he has given us in the light.”

“Michael had once read to her how God had cast a man and woman out of paradise. Yet, for all their human faults and failures. God had shown them the way back in.”

“As gentle a man as he was, as tender as was his heart, there was nothing weak about Michael Hosea. He was the strongest-minded man Joseph had ever met. A Man like Noah. A Man like the Shepherd-king David. A man after God's own heart.”

“We all wanted what we wanted, and when the Lord fulfilled HIS purpose rather than ours, we struck out against him. In anger. In disappointment. Yet, it is God's will that prevails.”

“I want you to love me. I want you to trust me enough to let me love you, and I want you to stay here with me so we can build a life together. That's what I want”

“I don't want to fall in love with you,' she said, pushing away.
'why not?'
'because you'll just end up using it against me.”

“my love isn't a weapon, it's a lifeline, reach out and take hold, and don't let go!”

“I'm going to give you God's truth, little girl. All men want to do is hurt you. Once you give them your heart, they tear it to shreds." ~Francine Rivers; Redeeming Love”

“You said go to her, and I let pride stand in my way. You said she needed me, and I didn't believe. You said love her, and I thought it would be easy.”

“Stand firm in the Lord. Stand firm and let Him fight your battle. Do not try to fight alone.”

“Mara, that's the life I want to give you. That's what I'm offering you. I want to fill you life with color and warmth. I want to fill it with light. Give me a chance”

“I want to be free Michael, just for once in my whole life I want to be free"

"You are free. You just don't know it yet”

“Everyone wanted to be the best. Best student. Best servant. Best Christian. They got caught up in it, pressing and pushing until they forgot whom it was they were trying to please.”

“How is it possible to hold such anger against something you don't believe in?”

“Have faith have faith. When you have nothing else have faith.”

“Unless we have something worth dying for, Atretes, we've nothing worth living for.”

“Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him.' Whatever happens is to His good purpose and for His glory. I am not afraid.”

“Calamity is a blessing when it brings one to God.
--- Hadassah”

“The Lord will provide.”

“Julia looked back at Hadassah on the bloodstained sand. A great emptiness opened within her as she looked at the still form. Gone, too, was the salt that had kept her from completely corruption.”

“You are free, you just don't know it" ~Michael to Sarah”