“We think it’s weak to surrender, but sometimes it’s the bravest thing we can possibly do.”
— Toni Sorenson
“Mortality was never designed to torture you. It was designed to test you.”
— Toni Sorenson
“The hardest decision of the day is always the first decision you must make. It’s the choice you make to TRY.”
— Toni Sorenson
“How many of us even know what our default state of being is? Check yours at random times; reset it to positive, grateful, disciplined or faithful. Don’t ever let it idle on negative, greedy, lax or doubtful.”
— Toni Sorenson
“Tears do not signal your weakness. Tears testify that you are alive.”
— Toni Sorenson
“When we think we can manage our time, our circumstances, and our relationships without His help and inspiration, we know what unmanageability is.”
— Toni Sorenson
“I didn’t want to want what I wanted. I wanted to want what He wanted for me.”
— Toni Sorenson
“When my toes are sunk into warm sand and the ocean is lapping my feet, when I breathe in the scent of salt and hear the cry of a seagull, I know that I am returned to a place of restoration. I am home.I can heal here.”
— Toni Sorenson
“The defining moment when we finally admit, “I can’t do this alone. Its too much for me. Take it.”That’s the moment our heart cracks open, our will pours out and Christ stands ready with his arms stretched wide and his smile even wider.That’s the moment a miracle is born.”
— Toni Sorenson
“Faith isn’t hearing the voice of God. It’s listening and hearing nothing, but moving toward the miracle anyway. God hears us even when we don’t hear him. Knowing that requires real faith.”
— Toni Sorenson
“If we want a miracle, we’ve got to surrender all our faith.”
— Toni Sorenson
“A great life starts and steadies with a great mind that is open to new ideas, fierce in defense of truth, and always eager to learn.”
— Toni Sorenson
“Your body is a complete marvel. The more you study its anatomy and how each part works in harmony, the more you will be convinced that you didn’t just evolve. You were designed from the beginning by the hand of a Master.”
— Toni Sorenson
“Do we? Our problem is whatever wedges between us and God.”
— Toni Sorenson
“Sometimes letting go is the hardest thing imaginable, yet holding on is even harder.”
— Toni Sorenson
“600Christmas is about giving from the heart more than giving from the store.”
— Toni Sorenson
“Don’t spoil Christmas Day by anticipating how it will be. Let is unfold as it does, and be grateful for whatever comes.”
— Toni Sorenson
“Hot cocoa and cold toes remind me of Christmas.”
— Toni Sorenson
“Christmas is a blanket that warms our cold hearts.”
— Toni Sorenson
“Christmas is not a date on a calendar. It’s more than a state of mind. It’s a condition of the heart.”
— Toni Sorenson
“The month of December isn’t magical because it sparkles. It’s magical because it changes people’s hearts … at least momentarily.”
— Toni Sorenson
“People think the only time the earth is renewed is in spring. I find it’s renewed around Christmastime when hard, old hearts are softened. When children’s laughter drowns out anguish. When magic transforms the dull into something beautiful and sparkly. I find that Christmas time changes me … from the inside out, and even for a moment fills me with youth and hope again.”
— Toni Sorenson
“If you hate what you get for Christmas, try to focus on the person who gave the gift to you, not what came in the box.”
— Toni Sorenson
“Christmas is about change. It’s a time we open our hearts before we open our presents.”
— Toni Sorenson
“We are deluded when we think that we do not have a direct line to heaven, that heaven doesn’t stand ready to help us. Oh! If only you knew the angels that walk beside you, support and protect you on the journey that you’ve chosen to walk.”
— Toni Sorenson
“We are deluded when we think that we do not have a direct line to heaven, that heaven doesn’t stand ready to help us. Oh! If only you knew the angels that walk beside you, that support and protect you on the journey you’ve chosen to walk.”
— Toni Sorenson
“Knowing ourselves is knowing our worth in the eyes of God. That’s why the number one thought we cannot fail to think and believe is that He loves us. Always. No matter what.”
— Toni Sorenson
“You are worth the investment so spend the time, money and resources on you. You matter. When you’re strong, healthy and happy, those you love most will also benefit.”
— Toni Sorenson
“I know personally that when a child is abused the trajectory of that child’s life is changed forever. That doesn’t mean the path to happiness is impossible, but it does mean there will be detours and side roads that were never intended. Come back from those places, my friends, with lessons and compassion those on the straight road might never have the chance to learn. You are now equipped to help hurting children because you’ve navigated down those dark courses and made it back. Cudos to you, but also let your shoulders feel the weight of the responsibility to help others who are still lost and struggling to find their way to safety.”
— Toni Sorenson
“In some cases abusive or damaged relationships cannot and should not be saved.”
— Toni Sorenson