Unforeseen Blessings Quotes

Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been unexpected, unplanned by me.

I've had a life where things have worked out for me beyond my wildest dreams, and my brother's had just the opposite.

Life always brings you what you need.

The purposes of the Almighty are perfect, and must prevail, though we erring mortals may fail to accurately perceive them in advance. We hoped for a happy termination of this terrible war long before this; but God knows best, and has ruled otherwise. We shall yet acknowledge His wisdom, and our own error therein. Meanwhile we must work earnestly in the best lights He gives us, trusting that so working still conduces to the great ends He ordains. Surely He intends some great good to follow this mighty convulsion, which no mortal could make, and no mortal could stay.

Miracles are instantaneous, they cannot be summoned, but come of themselves, usually at unlikely moments and to those who least expect them.

Life is full of surprises.

Life has many twists and turns.

Life brings you exactly what you need.

If I hadn't left Texas, I might not have met the director Terrence Malick, and I wouldn't have met my husband and I wouldn't have had the children that I've had. Life is interesting like that.

life is always bringing unexpected gifts.

I was very blessed with 'The Cruise' and what happened - that just doesn't happen to people like me.

My own life has had so many twists that I keep thinking I'll have one blessing that is not in disguise.

I never intended on playing as long as I have, but this is the way it's happened and I'm so grateful for it.

First of all, God inspires me, where he's brought me, it blows my mind. To know that He brought me this far, it could not have been an accident, to go forward, I'm excited to leap into the void, I'm excited about tomorrow, the unknown, excited to see what else He has for me.

Circumstances may appear to wreck our lives and God's plans, but God is not helpless among the ruins. God's love is still working. He comes in and takes the calamity and uses it victoriously, working out His wonderful plan of love.

It is God's will to bless us, but not necessarily on our terms. Sometimes what we think would be a wonderful blessing would not bless us at all.

Life gives us no such handy markers - a storm comes, and far from this being a harbinger of death and collapse, during its course a person discovers love and truth, beauty and happiness, the rain lashing at the windows all the while.

Life has all sorts of hills and valleys, and sometimes you don't end up doing what you had your heart set out on, but sometimes that's even better!

When you say Yes to God unconditionally, you have no idea how far this Yes is going to take you. Certainly farther than you can guess and calculate beforehand... but just how far and in what form? At the same time, this Yes is the sole, non-negotiable prerequisite of all Christian understanding, of all theology and ecclesial wisdom.

Trust whatever He has for you. It will be better than anything you can plan for yourself.

To have the kind of year you want to have, something has to happen that you can't explain why it happened. Something has to happen that you can't coach.

It is a good rule never to see or talk to the man whose words have wrung your heart, or helped it, just as it is wise not to look down too closely at the luminous glow which sometimes shines on your path on a summer night, if you would not see the ugly worm below.

Your situation may look impossible, but don't ever rule out the favor of God.

Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted but getting what you have.

One sometimes finds what one is not looking for.