“Life is so much further from my control than even I know.” — Emily P. Freeman Control Copy Share Image
“We have an enemy who would do anything to keep us distracted from Jesus.” — Emily P. Freeman Copy Share Image
“The question I constantly asked myself was this: What am I supposed to do?” — Emily P. Freeman Copy Share Image
“Even though I may feel unsafe and unacceptable, I am accepted in Christ.” — Emily P. Freeman Copy Share Image
“That's what service does. It points us to Jesus, not to ourselves.” — Emily P. Freeman Jesus Copy Share Image
“God is already carrying your load. Why do you insist on carrying it too?” — Emily P. Freeman Copy Share Image
“Rather than admitting you don't know what to do next, you fake it in public and feel lost when you're alone.” — Emily P. Freeman Copy Share Image
“I choose to believe God rather than my feelings. I choose to believe I am acceptable even though I feel unacceptable.” — Emily P. Freeman Copy Share Image
“You miss the living because you are waiting for perfect, and so you let goodness and blessings pass you right on by.” — Emily P. Freeman Blessings Copy Share Image
“Discontentment shows up when we focus on what we can't have rather than what we do have.” — Emily P. Freeman Discontentment Copy Share Image
“He (God) never promises that our families will be safe. Not in the way we think. He does promise his presence, though.” — Emily P. Freeman Family Copy Share Image
“God does not ask us to carry burdens. He does not ask us to save the world. He does not ask us… — Emily P. Freeman Burdens Copy Share Image
“When I was in sixth grade, I wanted to be tough and untouchable, but really I was squishy and sensitive.” — Emily P. Freeman Copy Share Image
“Maybe you're wondering what it actually means to live a graceful life. We've got many chapters ahead to figure out what that… — Emily P. Freeman Copy Share Image
“When we live free, we are able to give freedom. When we live loved, we are able to give love. When we… — Emily P. Freeman Art Copy Share Image
“To accept the lively, the messy, and the unexpected things in our days, knowing that God sees them and has an eternal… — Emily P. Freeman Copy Share Image
“I looked to my boyfriend to satisfy my Godbreathed longing for acceptance. I had my first glimpse of what it might feel… — Emily P. Freeman Love Copy Share Image
“Because I care so much about what you think, my hiding has everything to do with you. I desperately want to manage… — Emily P. Freeman Copy Share Image
“Being his workmanship doesn’t mean we are all poets. It means we are all poems, individual created works of a creative God.… — Emily P. Freeman Love Copy Share Image
“The story of redemtion and healing is that Jesus came to exchange my not-good-enough with his better-than-I-could-ever-imagine. He came to trade my… — Emily P. Freeman Beauty Copy Share Image
“But understand that the reason it is so difficult to extend forgiveness to those who have failed us is because we are… — Emily P. Freeman Failures Copy Share Image
“There is no activity that is somehow more Christian than another. God looks at the heart, and that is the good part… — Emily P. Freeman Grace Copy Share Image
“Steven Pressfield writes in his bestselling book The War of Art, “Self-doubt can be an ally. This is because it serves as… — Emily P. Freeman Art Copy Share Image
“You may not be the first to say it, write it, create it, or believe it—but you saying it may be the… — Emily P. Freeman Copy Share Image
“Art is too important a term to be used just for painters. And sculptors. And playwrights. And actors. And architects of a… — Emily P. Freeman Art Copy Share Image
“Without looking up to God, sinking leads to drowning. But when my eyes are locked on his, sinking tells a different story.… — Emily P. Freeman Copy Share Image
“God is not a technician. God is an Artist. This is the God who made you. The same God who lives inside… — Emily P. Freeman Art Copy Share Image
“These outward identities we build for ourselves are not all that we are. A person is made of so many layers. Skin… — Emily P. Freeman Body Copy Share Image
“Small is the position of my soul, the posture by which I approach others, God, and myself. When I'm small, I know… — Emily P. Freeman Confidence Copy Share Image
“If what you are called to feels less than extraordinary, there is a tendency to think, Well, the Lord has big plans… — Emily P. Freeman Master plan Copy Share Image
“You are worried and bothered about so many things; but only one thing is necessary, for Mary has chosen the good part,… — Emily P. Freeman Copy Share Image
“What if I began to believe that the critique isn’t just an unwelcome part of the art-making process but might actually make… — Emily P. Freeman Art Copy Share Image
“But you can’t stop there, because that’s your body, your skin, your outside. Dead people have all that stuff too. There’s something… — Emily P. Freeman Alive Copy Share Image
“And so the meaning of our lives is not dependent upon what we make of it but of what he is making… — Emily P. Freeman Copy Share Image
“I want to encourage you today: needy is a beautiful place to be. When we recognize our need, we will finally look… — Emily P. Freeman Beautiful place Copy Share Image
“...you think to yourself that if anyone knew who you really were, what you've really done, they would never accept you.” — Emily P. Freeman Copy Share Image
“It's bold, rash, and embarrassing, Martha talking to God this way. But her honesty paved the way for Jesus to speak to… — Emily P. Freeman Talking to god Copy Share Image
“Many people acknowledge they can never be perfect. They say, "I'm not perfect, so what's the point? I'm not even gonna try.” — Emily P. Freeman Copy Share Image
