“My life is a story about who God is and what He does in a human heart.” — Shauna Niequist Doe Copy Share Image
“You cannot taste the oil until you pour out the vinegar.” — Shauna Niequist Christian living Copy Share Image
If we pay attention to our tears, they'll show us something about ourselves. — Shauna Niequist Attention Copy Share Image
“When we do the hard, intimate work of friendship, we bring a little more of the divine into daily life.” — Shauna Niequist Daily life Copy Share Image
“I’m finished hustling for perfect. It didn’t deliver what they told me it would. And” — Shauna Niequist Finished Copy Share Image
“and so I began the daily, unglamorous work of rebuilding that strong inner core - replacing that sludgy hatred with love.” — Shauna Niequist Love Copy Share Image
“Oh, the quiet moments alone with God I sacrificed in order to cross a few things off the to-do list I worshiped.” — Shauna Niequist Alone with god Copy Share Image
Somebody is looking at you - and someone needs to see you walk this journey of following God's calling. — Shauna Niequist Calling Copy Share Image
“Words that I’m choosing in this season: passion, connection, meaning, love, grace, spirit.” — Shauna Niequist Grace Copy Share Image
“When Life is Well say THANK YOU & CELEBRATE, and when life is Bitter say THANK YOU & GROW.” — Shauna Niequist Bittersweet Copy Share Image
“when you do what you love with people who love the same thing, something is born into your midst and begins to… — Shauna Niequist Love Copy Share Image
“it is better to be loved than admired. It is better to be truly known and seen and taken care of by… — Shauna Niequist Admired Copy Share Image
“The snow is only meant, created, commanded to fall. The rain is only meant, created, commanded to pour down. You were only… — Shauna Niequist Meant Copy Share Image
“I'm a reader and a storyteller, and God chose literature and story and poetry as the languages of my spiritual text. To… — Shauna Niequist Bible Copy Share Image
“It's easy to be liked by strangers. It's very hard to be loved and connected to the people in your home when… — Shauna Niequist Christian living Copy Share Image
“My Mom and Dad and brother have grown through the years into my closest friends, the people who tell me the most… — Shauna Niequist Bright future Copy Share Image
“So this is the dance, it seems to me: to be the kind of host who honors the needs of the people… — Shauna Niequist Dance Copy Share Image
“I think preparing food and feeding people brings nourishment not only to our bodies but to our spirits. Feeding people is a… — Shauna Niequist Body Copy Share Image
“We have, each one of us, been entrusted with one life, made up of days and hours and minutes. We're spending them… — Shauna Niequist Aging Copy Share Image
“Some of being an adult, though, is about protecting and preserving what we discover to be the best parts of ourselves, and… — Shauna Niequist Adolescence Copy Share Image
“To all the secret writers, late-night painters, would-be singers, lapsed and scared artists of every stripe, dig out your paintbrush, or your… — Shauna Niequist Art Copy Share Image
“Now we’re talking about celebration. Celebration when you think you’re calling the shots? Easy. Celebration when your plan is working? Anyone can… — Shauna Niequist Celebration Copy Share Image
“Nothing good comes easily. You have to lose things you thought you loved, give up things you thought you needed. You have… — Shauna Niequist Las vegas Copy Share Image
“How often have you found yourself truly moved to change, to choose a better path or make something right, because someone on… — Shauna Niequist Change Copy Share Image
“I tried all the outside ways first—I imagined the changes I needed to make were about time management, or perhaps having the… — Shauna Niequist Change Copy Share Image
“That’s why it’s hard, I think, to rejoice with those who rejoice and mourn with those who mourn. I love that line… — Shauna Niequist Affront Copy Share Image
This is it, in the best possible way. That thing I'm waiting for, that adventure, that movie-score-wor thy experience unfolding gracefully. This… — Shauna Niequist Adventure Copy Share Image
“If what it takes for you this year to be present in this sacred, thin place, to feel the breath and presence… — Shauna Niequist Christmas Copy Share Image
“AIDS orphans, and while she was there, she felt alive and full of purpose for the first time in years. When she… — Shauna Niequist First time Copy Share Image
“I have always, essentially, been waiting. Waiting to become something else, waiting to be that person I always thought I was on… — Shauna Niequist American idol Copy Share Image
“I believe that this way of living, this focus on the present, the daily, the tangible, this intense concentration not on the… — Shauna Niequist Children Copy Share Image
“I believe deeply that God does his best work in our lives during times of great heartbreak and loss, and I believe… — Shauna Niequist Advent Copy Share Image
“I don’t know where you are these days, what’s broken down and what’s beautiful in your life this season. I don’t know… — Shauna Niequist Flower Copy Share Image
“Everything is interim. Everything is a path or a preparation for the next thing, and we never know what the next thing… — Shauna Niequist Different ways Copy Share Image
“I want a life that sizzles and pops and makes me laugh out loud. And I don't want to get to the… — Shauna Niequist Dirty dishes Copy Share Image
“...sometimes the happiest ending isn't the one you keep longing for, but something you absolutely cannot see from where you are.” — Shauna Niequist Ending Copy Share Image
“Now I know that the best thing I can offer to this world is not my force or energy, but a well-tended… — Shauna Niequist Religion Copy Share Image
