Ann Voskamp
Ann Voskamp
Ann Voskampis the author of the New York Times Bestseller, One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are, published by Zondervan...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth10 August 1973
CountryCanada
arms matter undone
What was intended to harm, God intended it all for good. And no matter what intends to harm you, God's arms have you. You can never be undone.
moments full-life
I only live the full life when I live fully in the moment.
running writing perspective
Really good writing, from my perspective, runs a lot like a visual on the screen. You need to create that kind of detail and have credibility with the reader, so the reader knows that you were really there, that you really experienced it, that you know the details. That comes out of seeing.
bless ifs
What is time for if not to bless?
swallowing complacency bears
Once you have tasted conviction, you can’t bear to keep swallowing complacency.
grace enough
Grace is the only thing that is ever enough.
mars world mark
Every day, with every word, we get to decide: Do we mar the world, or mark the world?
thug joy soul
Comparison is a thug that robs your joy. But its even more than that - Comparison makes you a thug who beats down somebody - or your soul.
house important clean
More important than a clean house is a close family.
fighting feelings way
The only way to fight a feeling is with a feeling.
years losing awareness
This day is not a sieve, losing time. With each passing minute, each passing year, there's this deepening awareness that I am filling, gaining time. We stand on the brink of eternity.
blessing water joy
Grace is alive, living waters. If I dam up the grace, hold the blessings tight, joy within dies... waters that have no life.
crush jesus powerful
Do I really smother my own joy because I believe that anger achieves more than love? That Satan's way is more powerful, more practical, more fulfilling in my daily life than Jesus' way? WHy else get angry? Isn't it because I think complaining, exasperation, resentment will pound me up into the full life I really want? When I choose-and it is a choice-to crush joy with bitterness, am I not purposefully choosing to take the way of the Prince of Darkness? Choosing the angry way of Lucifer because I think it is more effective-more expedient-than giving thanks?
life-is urgent
Life is so urgent it necessitates living slow.