Renita J. Weems Quotes:

I cannot forget my mother, She is my bridge.

Topics: Mom, Daughter, Mother, Mom And Daughter, Mom Daughter

I cannot forget my mother. [S]he is my bridge. When I needed to get across, she steadied herself long enough for me to run across safely.

source: - Renita J. Weems (1993). “I Asked for Intimacy: Stories of Blessings, Betrayals, and Birthings”, Innisfree Press

Topics: Mom, Running, Mother, I Love My Mother, Your Mom

Our deepest, most painful wounds not only leave us with scars that we bear forever, but also, if we make our peace with them, leave us wiser, stronger, more sensitive than we otherwise would have been had we not been afflicted with them.

source: - Renita J. Weems (2000). “Listening For God: A Ministers Journey Through Silence And Doubt”, p.127, Simon and Schuster

Topics: Forever, Stronger, Bears

As with most great communicators, God knows that the point of silence and the pause between sentences is not to give the audience the chance to fill the silence with empty babbling but to help create more depth to the conversation.

source: - Renita J. Weems (2000). “Listening For God: A Ministers Journey Through Silence And Doubt”, p.67, Simon and Schuster

Topics: Giving, Silence, Depth, Communicators, Babbling

We can endure almost anything if we are centered, if we have some focus in our life. You can endure if you have an anchor.

Topics: Anchors, Focus, Endure

Love means the courage to expose yourself to the potential pains of being hurt, deeply hurt by someone you trust.

Topics: Hurt, Pain, Mean, Love Means, Deeply Hurt