Ann Voskamp Quotes About Stress

Quotes about: Stress

• Busy is a choice. Stress is a choice. Joy is a choice. Choose well.

  Ann Voskamp

  Stress, Choices, Joy

• Every time I surrender to stress, aren’t I advertising the unreliability of God?

  Ann Voskamp

  Stress, Unreliability, Advertising

• Stress isn't only a joy stealer. The way we respond to it can be sin.

  Ann Voskamp

  Stress, Joy, Way

• Going ahead in the midst of the stressful circumstances and giving thanks in that moment - you can't simultaneously feel stress and gratitude at the same time. So as a parent, to go ahead and start to give thanks to God resets the whole family.

  Ann Voskamp

  Gratitude, Stress, Giving

  "Finding Joy in the Nitty-Gritty: An Interview with Ann Voskamp". "Homeschool Heartbeat" podcast with Mike Farris (Volume 127, Week 14), hslda.org. August 8-12, 2016.

• Are stress and worry evidence of a soul too lazy, too undisciplined, to keep gaze fixed on God?

  Ann Voskamp

  Thanksgiving, Stress, Worry

• Sometimes, too often, I don't want to muster the energy. Stress and anxiety seem easier.

  Ann Voskamp

  Stress, Anxiety, Energy

• In a storm of struggles, I have tried to control the elements, clasp the fist tight so as to protect self and happiness. But stress can be an addiction, and worry can be our lunge for control, and we forget the answer to this moment is always yes because of Christ.

  Ann Voskamp

  Stress, Struggle, Self

• I glance back in the mirror to the concrete bridge, the one I've boldly driven straight across without second thought, and I see truth reflecting back at me: Every time fear freezes and worry writhes, every time I surrender to stress, aren't I advertising the unreliability of God? That I really don't believe? But if I'm grateful to the Bridge Builder for the crossing of a million strong bridges, thankful for a million faithful moments, my life speaks my beliefs and I trust Him again.

  Ann Voskamp

  Strong, Stress, Believe

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