“It is predictable that God will take care of us. What's unpredictable is how he will do it.”
―
Donna VanLiere,
Finding Grace: A True Story About Losing Your Way In Life...And Finding It Again
“I've always been a very good judge of people. That's why I like so very few of them.” ― Donna VanLiere, The Christmas Note
“Death's power is limited --It cannot eradicate memoriesOr slay loveIt cannot destroy even a threadbare faithOr permanently hobble the smallest hope in GodIt cannot permeate the soulAnd it cannot cripple the spiritIt merely separates us for a whileThat is the only power death can claim--No more” ― Donna VanLiere
“Grief never ends … But it changes. It’s a passage, not a place to stay. Grief is not a sign of weakness, nor a lack of faith. It is the price of love. —AUTHOR UNKNOWN” ― Donna VanLiere, The Christmas Light
“If we're open to it, God can use even the smallest thing to change our lives... to change us. It might be a laughing child, car brakes that need fixing, a sale on pot roast, a cloudless sky, a trip to the woods to cut down a Christmas tree, a school teacher, a Dunhill Billiard pipe...or even a pair of shoes. Some people will never believe. They may feel that such things are too trivial, too simple, or too insignificant to forever change a life. But I believe. And I always will.” ― Donna VanLiere
“I know the well of my maternal incompetence is deep but I am determined to siphon up a calm and breathing hope for him.” ― Donna VanLiere, The Good Dream
“The problem with unfilled dreams is that they give us tunnel vision. We focus on ourselves, and that can be depressing and discouraging place to look.” ― Donna VanLiere, Finding Grace: A True Story About Losing Your Way In Life...And Finding It Again
“Am I crazy Loretta?""A little," she says. I glance up at her. "Sometimes we're called on to do crazy things.” ― Donna VanLiere, The Good Dream
“If we're open it, God can use even the smallest thing to change our lives...” ― Donna VanLiere, The Christmas Shoes
“I don't know what sort of occasion I was waiting for...because everyday was a special occasion with your father.” ― Donna VanLiere, The Christmas Shoes
“Why do you believe in God?" the woman asked me in the busy corridor. I don't remember the answer I gave. It was probably too long and rattled in her ears. I wish I could go back and answer her again. "Because HE believes in me," I would say. Isn't that enough?” ― Donna VanLiere, Finding Grace
“We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be. —C. S. Lewis It” ― Donna VanLiere, The Christmas Shoes
“Meghan and I talked about music - she loved Ella Fitzgerald. "What about all the hip acts that college kids love? Do you like any of them?""Like who?""I don't know all their names. Snoop Diggity Do and all those hip cats." Meghan shook her head and laughed. We talked about movies - she loved anything made before 1964. No wonder I thought she was older; she was an old soul in a young body."So what's your favorite movie?" I asked."To Kill a Mockingbird." My mother would have liked Meghan. She made my father and me watch To Kill a Mockingbird with her when I was in first grade. It must have been the twentieth time she'd seen it, but she still cried at the parts that made her weepy-eyed the first nineteen times.” ― Donna VanLiere, The Christmas Blessing
“Time passes way too slow when you're waiting for the unknown” ― Donna VanLiere, The Good Dream
“Donna VanLiere's "A Christmas Blessing"“Don’t ever take your EYES off the FINISH line. If you take your eyes off the GOAL, you’ll never make it to the END.” ― Donna VanLiere, The Christmas Blessing
“Christmas isn't a parade or concert but a piece of home you keep in your heart wherever you go.” ― Donna VanLiere, The Christmas Town
“There comes a time when you don't know what your capable of anymore. Looking back, you can remember what you were capable of then, how you thought, what you did, who you loved, who people said you were. Then something happens and takes all that away, the basket of good intentions you've been toting around, the trunk of dreams you've been pulling behind you, all of its gone in an instant, and its just you, naked, bare, exposed.” ― Donna VanLiere, The Good Dream
“Time passes way too slow when you're waiting for the unknown” ― Donna VanLiere
“Some things may never change but other things can be so completely different that they make the things that don't change bearable.” ― Donna VanLiere, The Christmas Town
“I've always been a very good judge of people. That's why I like so very few of them.” ― Donna VanLiere, The Christmas Note
“Death's power is limited --It cannot eradicate memoriesOr slay loveIt cannot destroy even a threadbare faithOr permanently hobble the smallest hope in GodIt cannot permeate the soulAnd it cannot cripple the spiritIt merely separates us for a whileThat is the only power death can claim--No more” ― Donna VanLiere
“Grief never ends … But it changes. It’s a passage, not a place to stay. Grief is not a sign of weakness, nor a lack of faith. It is the price of love. —AUTHOR UNKNOWN” ― Donna VanLiere, The Christmas Light
“If we're open to it, God can use even the smallest thing to change our lives... to change us. It might be a laughing child, car brakes that need fixing, a sale on pot roast, a cloudless sky, a trip to the woods to cut down a Christmas tree, a school teacher, a Dunhill Billiard pipe...or even a pair of shoes. Some people will never believe. They may feel that such things are too trivial, too simple, or too insignificant to forever change a life. But I believe. And I always will.” ― Donna VanLiere
“I know the well of my maternal incompetence is deep but I am determined to siphon up a calm and breathing hope for him.” ― Donna VanLiere, The Good Dream
“The problem with unfilled dreams is that they give us tunnel vision. We focus on ourselves, and that can be depressing and discouraging place to look.” ― Donna VanLiere, Finding Grace: A True Story About Losing Your Way In Life...And Finding It Again
“Am I crazy Loretta?""A little," she says. I glance up at her. "Sometimes we're called on to do crazy things.” ― Donna VanLiere, The Good Dream
“If we're open it, God can use even the smallest thing to change our lives...” ― Donna VanLiere, The Christmas Shoes
“I don't know what sort of occasion I was waiting for...because everyday was a special occasion with your father.” ― Donna VanLiere, The Christmas Shoes
“Why do you believe in God?" the woman asked me in the busy corridor. I don't remember the answer I gave. It was probably too long and rattled in her ears. I wish I could go back and answer her again. "Because HE believes in me," I would say. Isn't that enough?” ― Donna VanLiere, Finding Grace
“We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be. —C. S. Lewis It” ― Donna VanLiere, The Christmas Shoes
“Meghan and I talked about music - she loved Ella Fitzgerald. "What about all the hip acts that college kids love? Do you like any of them?""Like who?""I don't know all their names. Snoop Diggity Do and all those hip cats." Meghan shook her head and laughed. We talked about movies - she loved anything made before 1964. No wonder I thought she was older; she was an old soul in a young body."So what's your favorite movie?" I asked."To Kill a Mockingbird." My mother would have liked Meghan. She made my father and me watch To Kill a Mockingbird with her when I was in first grade. It must have been the twentieth time she'd seen it, but she still cried at the parts that made her weepy-eyed the first nineteen times.” ― Donna VanLiere, The Christmas Blessing
“Time passes way too slow when you're waiting for the unknown” ― Donna VanLiere, The Good Dream
“Donna VanLiere's "A Christmas Blessing"“Don’t ever take your EYES off the FINISH line. If you take your eyes off the GOAL, you’ll never make it to the END.” ― Donna VanLiere, The Christmas Blessing
“Christmas isn't a parade or concert but a piece of home you keep in your heart wherever you go.” ― Donna VanLiere, The Christmas Town
“There comes a time when you don't know what your capable of anymore. Looking back, you can remember what you were capable of then, how you thought, what you did, who you loved, who people said you were. Then something happens and takes all that away, the basket of good intentions you've been toting around, the trunk of dreams you've been pulling behind you, all of its gone in an instant, and its just you, naked, bare, exposed.” ― Donna VanLiere, The Good Dream
“Time passes way too slow when you're waiting for the unknown” ― Donna VanLiere
“Some things may never change but other things can be so completely different that they make the things that don't change bearable.” ― Donna VanLiere, The Christmas Town
