ŷ helps you follow your favorite authors. Be the first to learn about new releases!
Start by following Lisa Harris.
Showing 1-24 of 24
“following Christ wasn’t about religion; it was an intimacy with his Creator that had him constantly hungering for more.”
― Fatal Exchange
― Fatal Exchange
“Usually any advice I hand out is advice I need to hear as well.� “So”
― Fatal Exchange
― Fatal Exchange
“It’s hard whenever someone makes the wrong choice that affects others around him, but you can’t let that change who you are.”
― Dangerous Passage
― Dangerous Passage
“Mark my words. The telephone will never become a practical necessity.”
― Love Finds You in Revenge Ohio
― Love Finds You in Revenge Ohio
“Sometimes pain stacked up, its weight crushing. Lifting it off to put life back together felt impossible.”
― Vendetta
― Vendetta
“I learned my work ethic from the best. God and family first, then work hard at whatever I do, because someone once told me that the only difference between try and triumph is a little umph.� Her”
― Dangerous Passage
― Dangerous Passage
“Her feet tingled. One whole hour to forget about the leaky kitchen sink, her father’s retirement party, and her mother’s relentless questions about it. She closed her eyes. One whole hour to completely unwind and indulge her thoughts in something beside caterers, plumbers, and homicide cases.”
― Dangerous Passage
― Dangerous Passage
“Sometimes it’s hard not to question. We spend our lives taking down the bad guys, trying to bring order to a world where injustice wins out more often than not. But neither can we blame God for man’s choices. That’s what always seems to help me hold on to my faith. The reality of God is bigger than the failings of man.� “It’s”
― Dangerous Passage
― Dangerous Passage
“God, sometimes I feel so . . . weak. I can't do this on my own. I'm too tired, too scared, and yet for some reason you put me here to fight this battle.
It was a fight for those who couldn't fight for themselves. A fight for justice and all that should be right in the world when it wasn't. It was all she really wanted to do. Make a difference. Whether she was a schoolteacher or working beside the FBI to save a young girl.”
― Pursued
It was a fight for those who couldn't fight for themselves. A fight for justice and all that should be right in the world when it wasn't. It was all she really wanted to do. Make a difference. Whether she was a schoolteacher or working beside the FBI to save a young girl.”
― Pursued
“But there is something to say for a forced sabbatical from social media and the rush of life.”
― Deception
― Deception
“You reminded me that I can't spend my life waiting for this to be over. I have to find out how to live in the middle of it.”
― Survival
― Survival
“That while the enemy is intent on destruction, God is always in the middle of every situation, moving and redeeming hearts, even in the middle of this fallen world we live in. And He hasn’t left us alone. Stop believing the lies. But God. The enemy means it for harm, but God means it for good.”
― The Secrets We Keep
― The Secrets We Keep
“And what I’m realizing is that when he doesn’t intervene, it doesn’t mean he isn’t there. I think it means just the opposite. He decided not to just sweep down and fix our problems every time something goes wrong. Instead he chose to redeem us eternally by sending his Son.� Tragedies like the Oklahoma City bombing, 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, and Sandy Hook flipped through Garrett’s mind. The reality of a fallen world was clear. And yet like Jordan said, wasn’t God’s plan really a plan of redemption? Yes, he believed that God was capable of fixing our problems, but he chose instead to rescue and redeem humankind permanently. “Maybe,� he said, trying to put his thoughts into words, “there isn’t”
― Vanishing Point
― Vanishing Point
“Money was worthless, which meant putting food on the table required exhausting, hard work.”
― Deception
― Deception
“That’s the thing about God. I’ve decided he doesn’t mind us asking questions. He already knows the answers.”
― Pursued
― Pursued
“If she’d learned anything, it was that life was full of seasons. Some swooped in and caught her off guard, leaving her bruised and broken, while others had given her peace and laughter. In every season, in each step of the journey, there was always that firm foundation, as the old hymn said.
Lisa Harris. Shattered - Lisa Harris”
― Shattered
Lisa Harris. Shattered - Lisa Harris”
― Shattered
“Please don't. We're an ocean apart in who we are, how we look at life, as well as in our hopes and dreams for the future.”
― An Ocean Away
― An Ocean Away
“We knew that alone we wouldn’t make it. But together. . .together we had a chance.”
― Deception
― Deception