“I’ve always argued love is the balm / Now I see love was also the wound”— Jennifer Givhan, from “Nightfishing,” published in Glass (via lifeinpoetry)
(Source: glass-poetry.com, via writingsforwinter)
“Do you ever wonder whether people would like you more or less if they could see inside you?”— John Green, An Abundance of Katherines
(via books-n-quotes)
(via books-n-quotes)

I love when the Lord uses others to get my attention; when He speaks through another’s heart with me in mind. Last night, prompted by a word from the Lord through a dear friend, The Lord dug into and opened up a serious sore in my heart: //shame.// When I am most honest with myself, I feed into self-shaming WAAAAY too often. And for me, it always ends up being the little lies that I hold on…