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“An identity built on something that cannot survive a change in circumstances is an identity that will not stand the test of time. When we hit a hard season, it will fail us.”
― Ashley Morgan Jackson, Tired of Trying: How to Hold On to God When You're Frustrated, Fed Up, and Feeling Forgotten

“There is something lovely, heroic even, about letting another person look at you.”
― Jenny Tinghui Zhang, Four Treasures of the Sky

“As much as it might hurt to hear, I think deep down we all know that God’s number one goal in our lives is not to give us what we want, but to make us more like Christ. And one of the ways that happens is when we make choices that aren’t always easy. Forgiving when we want to hold on to bitterness and resentment. Walking by faith and not by our feelings. Loving people, even when we might not like them. Laying down our rights so we can take up God’s righteousness. It’s not an easy truth to accept, and it feels especially harsh when we can’t see how the hard season we are walking through could possibly be God’s best for us. But in the middle of the pain of a no from God, it helps to remember someone else who had to endure the pain of a no.”
― Ashley Morgan Jackson, Tired of Trying: How to Hold On to God When You're Frustrated, Fed Up, and Feeling Forgotten

“They shared indescribable pain. They had loved, they'd been loved, they had triumphed, they had lost. They were still alive. They wanted still to live, and more, to love again, despite.”
― Ruyan Meng, The Morgue Keeper