Savannah McCrary > Savannah's Quotes

“Good writers don’t moralize, nor do they preach, but they do create longing for the true and the beautiful, and that is why you must write with Christ at the center of your reason for writing. That does not mean that every book must be a retelling of Luke’s gospel, however, every worthy book written by a Christian will direct readers away from self, and sin, and put them on a quest for God and his gospel. Create longing for these things.”
― Douglas Bond

“God never witholds from His child that which His love and wisdom call good. God's refusals are always merciful -- "severe mercies" at times but mercies all the same. God never denies us our hearts desire except to give us something better.”
― Elisabeth Elliot

“No matter what anyone thinks of us, we live as Christians. Not in our own strength, but in the might and power of Jesus Christ. We do justly. We love mercy. We’re humble. We stop focusing so much on ourselves—our comforts, our dreams and desires—instead focusing on the One who made us and the ones He calls us to serve. We stand for life, rescue and defend the weak and helpless. We aren’t afraid to say something is wrong even when it seems like the whole world applauds it. We forgive. We stand on the Word of God. We’re not interested in the things the world applauds and says is important because we have something better. Jesus. And above all else, we share His truth. Everything we do is for Him. Nothing is more important to us than Him. And we’re willing to give our all for Him.”
― Savannah Jane McCrary, Do Justly: The Call to be the Hands and Feet of Jesus in the Midst of Injustice

“Place your hand over your heart. Feel that? Feel your heart beating? Do you know what that means? It means you are still alive. And if you are still alive, it means there’s still a purpose for your life.”
― Savannah Jane McCrary, The Invisible Guide

“Though darkness now surrounds me,
And I cannot see the light,
I will trust the purpose I cannot see,
I’ll not surrender to the night.”
― Savannah Jane McCrary, The Invisible Guide

“The thing about truth is that is doesn’t stop being true just because people stop believing it.”
― Savannah Jane McCrary, The Invisible Guide

“A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.”
― C.S. Lewis

“I can't imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once.”
― C.S. Lewis

“No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally – and often far more – worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond.”
― C.S. Lewis

“We have been given our only canvas to weave upon and that can’t be changed for another. “Let us see what you will do with it,” says our Employer. “A poor workman always blames his tools.”
― Johanna Adriana Ader-Appels, House Of Defiance: One Family's Stand Against The Holocaust

“But miracles still happen, even if we don't think they do.”
― Diet Eman, Things We Couldn't Say

“I would stand there at times and remember how beautiful God created this world, and then I would be reassured that he would certainly take care of me and all of my loved ones.”
― Diet Eman, Things We Couldn't Say

“Again, a conversation with the doctor. We always come back to the same point: "The church may not mix in politics." he says. And I tell him that when you are a Christian and profess that God is almighty, there is no single area of life from which you can eliminate God. -From the diary of Diet Eman”
― Diet Eman, Things We Couldn't Say

“You can never learn that Christ is all you need, until Christ is all you have.”
― Corrie Ten Boom

“I will cling to the rope God has thrown me in Jesus Christ, even when my numb hands can no longer feel it.”
― Sophie Scholl

“Stand up for what you believe in even if you are standing alone”
― Sophie Scholl

“I pity people who can't find laughter or at least some bit of amusement in the little doings of the day. I believe I could find something ridiculous even in the saddest moment, if necessary. It has nothing to do with being superficial. It's a matter of joy in life.”
― Sophie Scholl

“In the midst of all the misery, Gerrit found great comfort in looking up at the sky. While at eye level everything was gray and suffering and cruelty and despair, when he looked up, there was beauty and light and color. Sometimes there was a column of smoke rising and marring the beauty, but always it dissipated, and even the smoke could not reach the highest expanses of the sky. On some days, the sky was clear and blue; other days there were clouds, sometimes white and puffy, reminding Gerrit of a flock of sheep. Other days the clouds were gray, but even gray clouds filled Gerrit with hope because no matter how terrible things were on the ground, the sky remained pure and unchanged. And every morning and every evening, the sky was splattered with yellows, reds, pinks, purples, and oranges. Not even the Nazis can stop God from painting the sky every morning and evening.”
― Savannah Jane McCrary

“Faith isn’t just believing God will do a miracle… Faith is believing He can, yet choosing to trust Him even if He does not… Faith is knowing that He loves you, miracle or not. It’s knowing that if not, He is still good.”
― Savannah Jane McCrary, Trains and Tulips

“Some bullies can’t just be ignored. They need to be stood up to.”
― Savannah Jane McCrary, Trains and Tulips

“Better to be called fool by the world and wise by God than wise by the world and fool by God.”
― Savannah Jane McCrary, Trains and Tulips

“The question shouldn't be "Why are you, a Christian, here in a death camp, condemned for trying to save Jews?' The real question is "Why aren't all the Christians here?”
― Joel C. Rosenberg, The Auschwitz Escape

“The truth, sir,” I said, swallowing, “is that God’s viewpoint is sometimes different from ours—so different that we could not even guess at it unless He had given us a Book which tells us such things.” I knew it was madness to talk this way to a Nazi officer. But he said nothing so I plunged ahead. “In the Bible I learned that God values us not for our strength or our brains but simply because He has made us. Who knows, in His eyes a half-wit may be worth more than a watchmaker. Or—a lieutenant.” Lieutenant Rahms stood up abruptly. “That will be all for today.” He walked swiftly to the door. “Guard!”
― Corrie ten Boom, The Hiding Place

“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”
― C.S. Lewis

“You can make anything by writing.”
― C.S. Lewis

“No half-heartedness and no worldly fear must turn us aside from following the Light unflinchingly.”
― -J.R.R. Tolkien

“It takes a bold heart… a jewel of a person to surrender so much...
-Cornelia Brynner”
― L.E. Levens, The Jewel of Berlin