“It isn't true that whatever doesn't kill you only makes you stronger...but whatever doesn't kill you does leave you vulnerable to another day.”
―
Nicole Baart,
After the Leaves Fall
“I decided right then and there that if home is where the heart is, my heart has been homeless for a very long time.” ― Nicole Baart, The Moment Between
“A life lived outside of the will of the Lord is like trying to climb a waterfall.” ― Nicole Baart
“I wanted so much when I was young. I was an endless abyss of want, of need of desperate dreams for myself that defied logic. The promise of what was to come hung like rings around the moon on clear autumn nights; the future was unmistakeable. It was always there, glistening in the dark and suggesting that life was little more than climbing a ladder into the sky, where I could reach up with one hand and secure everything that I had ever hoped for in my grasping fingers.Oh, I dreamed.And they are not easy to give up, these dreams.” ― Nicole Baart, Summer Snow
“So much of my life had been spent taking and taking and taking. Thinking it was all about me, believing that everything came down to me and how I felt, what I wanted. Even in my grasping attempts to know God, I did exactly that: I grasped. I sought. Sometimes I waited. But I never opened myself, spread my soul wide as an offering so He could come and capture me. I never let Him run strong fingers through my soil, watering it with His grace so my fruit could grow and grow above the weeds that threatened to choke it out.” ― Nicole Baart, Summer Snow
“He could have swept me into his arms, kissed my mouth in a fit of passion, and begged me to be his bride, and whatever deep thirst I had hidden in the heart of me still would not be slaked. Amazing, unfathomable man that he was, I had hoped that he could breathe life into me. It took the touch of his lips to convince me that he was only a man.True, he stirred something in me- sweetly, tenderly, even graciously- but when his kindness brushed up against my soul, it did not begin to ease the ache of the seemingly bottomless fissure that still gaped.” ― Nicole Baart, Summer Snow
“Living in the moment is great, but there's something uniquely powerful about the contemplative life. I think if we slowed down enough to think about what we say, consider the consequences of our actions and reactions, the world would be a better place.” ― Nicole Baart, The Beautiful Daughters
“Why do you think Jesus used wine to symbolize his blood?...I think the Lord used wine for dozens of reasons, but one of the most convincing for me is the fact that crafting a glass of fine wine is nothing less than a very intentional, almost sacrificial, act of love.” ― Nicole Baart, The Moment Between
“all-too-familiar homes. There were at least a dozen people waiting at the meat counter, and the dairy case had already been emptied of the pound blocks of butter Grandma liked to use for baking. I tried not to get annoyed and made substitutions whenever I came across an item on my list that had sold out. It actually seemed appropriate somehow to have such a hodgepodge holiday. I had to settle for chicken instead of the traditional Cornish game hens that Grandma prepared for our Christmas feast. Low-fat eggnog because the regular cartons were already gone. Margarine substituted for butter. At the checkout, I counted the cash that Grandma” ― Nicole Baart, After the Leaves Fall
“And if life was not going to deal her a happily-ever-after, then at least it would be filled with enough joy to make everything well worth it.” ― Nicole Baart, Sleeping in Eden: A Novel
“That's the Christian life: a long journey in the same direction. It's about perseverance. Obedience. And a whole lot of grace. The hand of the master winemaker, forever pruning, producing fruit, and then making something profound and lovely out of our meager harvest.” ― Nicole Baart, The Moment Between
“A life lived putside of the will of the Lord is like trying to climb a waterfall.” ― Nicole Baart Summer Snow
“lakeside bike trail merged with the quaint” ― Nicole Baart, Little Broken Things
“Early adversity leads to an abundant harvest.” ― Nicole Baart, Everything We Didn't Say
“The desire to belong was a weed that grew no matter how hard she tried to dig it up. Just when she thought she had it rooted out completely, a resolute sprout unfurled.” ― Nicole Baart, Everything We Didn't Say
“I decided right then and there that if home is where the heart is, my heart has been homeless for a very long time.” ― Nicole Baart, The Moment Between
“A life lived outside of the will of the Lord is like trying to climb a waterfall.” ― Nicole Baart
“I wanted so much when I was young. I was an endless abyss of want, of need of desperate dreams for myself that defied logic. The promise of what was to come hung like rings around the moon on clear autumn nights; the future was unmistakeable. It was always there, glistening in the dark and suggesting that life was little more than climbing a ladder into the sky, where I could reach up with one hand and secure everything that I had ever hoped for in my grasping fingers.Oh, I dreamed.And they are not easy to give up, these dreams.” ― Nicole Baart, Summer Snow
“So much of my life had been spent taking and taking and taking. Thinking it was all about me, believing that everything came down to me and how I felt, what I wanted. Even in my grasping attempts to know God, I did exactly that: I grasped. I sought. Sometimes I waited. But I never opened myself, spread my soul wide as an offering so He could come and capture me. I never let Him run strong fingers through my soil, watering it with His grace so my fruit could grow and grow above the weeds that threatened to choke it out.” ― Nicole Baart, Summer Snow
“He could have swept me into his arms, kissed my mouth in a fit of passion, and begged me to be his bride, and whatever deep thirst I had hidden in the heart of me still would not be slaked. Amazing, unfathomable man that he was, I had hoped that he could breathe life into me. It took the touch of his lips to convince me that he was only a man.True, he stirred something in me- sweetly, tenderly, even graciously- but when his kindness brushed up against my soul, it did not begin to ease the ache of the seemingly bottomless fissure that still gaped.” ― Nicole Baart, Summer Snow
“Living in the moment is great, but there's something uniquely powerful about the contemplative life. I think if we slowed down enough to think about what we say, consider the consequences of our actions and reactions, the world would be a better place.” ― Nicole Baart, The Beautiful Daughters
“Why do you think Jesus used wine to symbolize his blood?...I think the Lord used wine for dozens of reasons, but one of the most convincing for me is the fact that crafting a glass of fine wine is nothing less than a very intentional, almost sacrificial, act of love.” ― Nicole Baart, The Moment Between
“all-too-familiar homes. There were at least a dozen people waiting at the meat counter, and the dairy case had already been emptied of the pound blocks of butter Grandma liked to use for baking. I tried not to get annoyed and made substitutions whenever I came across an item on my list that had sold out. It actually seemed appropriate somehow to have such a hodgepodge holiday. I had to settle for chicken instead of the traditional Cornish game hens that Grandma prepared for our Christmas feast. Low-fat eggnog because the regular cartons were already gone. Margarine substituted for butter. At the checkout, I counted the cash that Grandma” ― Nicole Baart, After the Leaves Fall
“And if life was not going to deal her a happily-ever-after, then at least it would be filled with enough joy to make everything well worth it.” ― Nicole Baart, Sleeping in Eden: A Novel
“That's the Christian life: a long journey in the same direction. It's about perseverance. Obedience. And a whole lot of grace. The hand of the master winemaker, forever pruning, producing fruit, and then making something profound and lovely out of our meager harvest.” ― Nicole Baart, The Moment Between
“A life lived putside of the will of the Lord is like trying to climb a waterfall.” ― Nicole Baart Summer Snow
“lakeside bike trail merged with the quaint” ― Nicole Baart, Little Broken Things
“Early adversity leads to an abundant harvest.” ― Nicole Baart, Everything We Didn't Say
“The desire to belong was a weed that grew no matter how hard she tried to dig it up. Just when she thought she had it rooted out completely, a resolute sprout unfurled.” ― Nicole Baart, Everything We Didn't Say
