13 Quotes & Sayings By Amy Layne Litzelman

I am the author of the best-selling memoir, Only The Places You've Been, and the novel, Small As an Elephant. I am also an award-winning essayist and freelance writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Daily News, The Boston Globe, Salon, and many other publications. My memoir was inspired by my mother's love of travel and my father's love of storytelling. It is about how their love of travel shaped our family's life together Read more

My father is what you might call a " storyteller," using storytelling to teach lessons he had learned through his experiences. For example, my father taught me that it is possible to make a difference in one person's life by taking an interest in them.

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You know, we can quote the written Word all day to our friends, but nothing will touch them like our own hunger and love for the Word himself. It is not dutiful love that attracts but love freely lavished from a heart familiar with the gardens of heaven. Amy Layne Litzelman
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Your heart of devotion and obedience is not in vain. Who knows but God how many people have come near to you and were forever changed simply by the fragrance of his love in you? Who knows but God if he will put you before kings and leaders to speak the truth, redirecting the future of nations? Who knows when that small crack in the dam of our enemy’s plans will give way and God’s glory will truly cover the earth as the sea? Do not become distracted or discouraged by the death around you. Death must always give way when the life of Christ enters the picture. Amy Layne Litzelman
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My words shouldn’t be trophies to look at, but seeds to continue the cycle of Life. Amy Layne Litzelman
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Not only did Jesus purposefully enter the wilderness on a regular basis but historically, God seems to prefer meeting with man in these desert regions. Amy Layne Litzelman
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God created all living things to bring forth seed, not reproduce shrines. Amy Layne Litzelman
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The wilderness was the testing ground–the deciding place. It was a place of God revealing himself in a whole new and deeper way. Would his people trust him completely, confident in his goodness, wisdom, and power? Those who believed God to be who he said he was moved on into the promised land; many did not. Amy Layne Litzelman
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Do you find yourself in a dry place today? Don’t look back toward the land of your bondage, or even to the place where God miraculously saved you from your enemies. Those seasons are over and he is now offering you a great opportunity. He is longing to reveal his sovereignty to you by providing for you in this most hot and dry place. Amy Layne Litzelman
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All of life comes in seed form — not as monuments. Amy Layne Litzelman
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I’m feeling very thin and vulnerable, in a good way. Amy Layne Litzelman
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That One Who is greater than us is near - nearer than we could measure. Amy Layne Litzelman
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We need both reverence and obedience. If we worship but do not walk in obedience and discipline, we are emotional, lacking self-control and godly character. If we obey God’s commandments but are not true worshipers, we become religious and judgmental. As the Pharisees in Jesus’ day, we may miss the real meaning and purpose, even God Himself. Amy Layne Litzelman
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This perfect, eternal, Holy exchange Is worship that satisfies both heaven and earth: Amy Layne Litzelman