--- title: "4 Fullness Quotes By Ann Voskamp" description: "4 Fullness quotes by Ann Voskamp. Plus more from Ann Voskamp and more Fullness sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/127/ann-voskamp-729_adam_god-lays-down-all-of-his-fullness-into-a_946397.jpg" --- > [God lays down all of His fullness into all the emptiness. I am in Him. He is in me. I embrace God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/god-lays-down-all-of-his-fullness-into-all-the-emptiness-i-am-in-him/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/127/ann-voskamp-729_adam_god-lays-down-all-of-his-fullness-into-a_946397.jpg) > [Fullness of joy is discovered only in the emptying of will.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/fullness-of-joy-is-discovered-only-in-the-emptying-of-will/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/682/ann-voskamp-729_fullness_fullness-of-joy-is-discovered-only-in-th_1592675.png) > [How long does it take your soul to realize that your life is full? The slower the living, the greater the sense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/how-long-does-it-take-your-soul-to-realize-that-your-life-is-full-the/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e56/ann-voskamp-729_doe_how-long-does-it-take-your-soul-to-reali_2665248.png) > [How my eyes see, perspective, is my key to enter into His gates. I can only do so with thanksgiving. If my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/how-my-eyes-see-perspective-is-my-key-to-enter-into-his-gates-i-can/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/580/ann-voskamp-729_christianity_how-my-eyes-see-perspective-is-my-key-to_3125517.png) ## Other authors on Fullness - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-bryant-mcgill-108.jpg) Bryant McGill 14 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fullness/bryant-mcgill/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-mother-teresa-69278.jpg) Mother Teresa 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fullness/mother-teresa/) - [Lailah Gifty Akita 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fullness/lailah-gifty-akita/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-ahmed-ali-9835.jpg) David Steindl-Rast 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fullness/david-steindl-rast/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-eckhart-tolle-31242.jpg) Eckhart Tolle 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fullness/eckhart-tolle/) ## More by Ann Voskamp > [We only enter into the full life if our faith gives thanks. Because how else do we accept His free gift of salvation if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/we-only-enter-into-the-full-life-if-our-faith-gives-thanks-because/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) > [The answer to deep anxiety is the deep adoration of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/the-answer-to-deep-anxiety-is-the-deep-adoration-of-god/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) > [“Trauma's storm can mask the Christ and feelings can lie. I draw all the hurting voices close and I tough their scars with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/trauma-s-storm-can-mask-the-christ-and-feelings-can-lie-i-draw-all/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) > [“How long does it take for your soul to recognize that your life is full? The slower the living, the greater the sense of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/how-long-does-it-take-for-your-soul-to-recognize-that-your-life-is/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) > [“For forty long years, God's people daily eat manna - a substance whose name literally mans 'What is it?' Hungry, they choose to gather…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/for-forty-long-years-god-s-people-daily-eat-manna-a-substance-whose/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) > [The real romantics imagine greying and sagging and wrinkling as the deepening of something sacred.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/the-real-romantics-imagine-greying-and-sagging-and-wrinkling-as-the/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) > [Scales always lie. They don't make a scale that ever told the truth about value, about worth, about significance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/scales-always-lie-they-don-t-make-a-scale-that-ever-told-the-truth/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) > [Darkness transfigures into light, bad transfigures into good, grief transfigures into grace, empty transfigures into full. God wastes nothing – ‘makes everything work out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/darkness-transfigures-into-light-bad-transfigures-into-good-grief/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) > [“And the saddest of all may be when we give away our lives to insignificant things, things we didn’t realize we subconsciously loved. Turns…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/and-the-saddest-of-all-may-be-when-we-give-away-our-lives-to/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) > [“Satan's sin becomes the first sin of all humanity: the sin of ingratitude .”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/satan-s-sin-becomes-the-first-sin-of-all-humanity-the-sin-of/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) > [Simplicity is never a matter of circumstances; simplicity is a matter of focus. So in the midst of educating and parenting our children, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/simplicity-is-never-a-matter-of-circumstances-simplicity-is-a-matter/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) > [Every day, with every word, we get to decide: Do we mar the world, or mark the world?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/every-day-with-every-word-we-get-to-decide-do-we-mar-the-world-or/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) > [Thanksgiving-giving thanks in everything-prepares the way that God might show us His fullest salvation in Christ.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/thanksgiving-giving-thanks-in-everything-prepares-the-way-that-god/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) > [Practice is the hardest part of learning, and training is the essence of transformation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/practice-is-the-hardest-part-of-learning-and-training-is-the-essence/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) > [Every moment I live, I live bowed to something. And if I don't see God, I'll bow down before something else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/every-moment-i-live-i-live-bowed-to-something-and-if-i-don-t-see-god/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fullness/ann-voskamp/#itemlist", "name": "4 Fullness Quotes By Ann Voskamp", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "God lays down all of His fullness into all the emptiness. I am in Him. He is in me. I embrace God in the moment. I give Him thanks and I bless God and we meet and couldn't I make love to God, making every moment love for Him? \"To know Him the way Adam knew Eve. 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