Top 60 Janette Oke Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “Impatience can cause wise people to do foolish things.”

— Janette Oke

2. “Home is where you will always have a place, where you will always feel loved, and you will never be alone.”

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3. “Sometimes love isn’t fireworks, sometimes love just comes softly.”

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4. “The truth of God’s love is not that He allows bad things to happen, it’s his promise that he will be there with us – when they do.”

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5. “True love is born of experience, not fairy dust.”

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6. “Blessings sometimes show up in unrecognizable disguises.”

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7. “A good friend remembers what we were and sees what we can be...”

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8. “Sometimes, the darkest part of the morning is just before dawn.”

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9. “When God allows something to be taken from you, He replaces it with something better.”

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10. “Buried under the biggest burden is a good place to find an even bigger blessing.”

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11. “No one ever outgrows the need for a mother’s love.”

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12. “God will show you who to partner with when the time comes.”

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13. “She thanked God that life was not always winter, that spring always came at last to chase away the cold and heaviness, and to release one to warmth and movement again.”

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14. “Thank you, Lord, I prayed, for turning something bad into something good.”

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15. “Those who choose to be servants know the most about being free.”

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16. “Getting things accomplished isn’t nearly as important as taking time for love.”

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17. “Never despise meger beginings!”

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18. “The compass needle tells the truth, Beth, even in a storm. And then one must adjust the rest of one’s circumstances in accordance – even though sometimes it feels amiss. It reminds me that the Bible is like that too. It tells us the truth, and then we must adjust our thinking, our actions, to match.”

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19. “Having someone who understands is a great blessing for ourselves. Being someone who understands is a great blessing to others.”

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20. “God knows best. We can trust Him with our lives as well as our eternal souls. He does not take something from us without filling that spot with something just as good – and because it’s from Him, even much better.”

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21. “A quiet morning with a loving God puts the events of the upcoming day into proper perspective.”

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22. “Holes in socks are sorta like sin, Josh. If you don’t tend to them right away when they’re small and controllable, they grow with amazing speed.”

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23. “Little is much, If love abides.”

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24. “You women are strange creatures, indeed,” he said. “No wonder we men never succeed in understandin’ ya. But thanks be to God fer makin’ ya the way ya are.”

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25. “How we leave the world is more important than how we enter it.”

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26. “Showing kindness to others is one of the nicest things we can do for ourselves.”

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27. “Experience teaches us when to wait and when to move forward.”

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28. “I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the mercy of God forever and ever. I will praise You forever, because You have done it; And in the presence of Your saints I will wait on Your name, for it is good.”

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29. “We may surprised at whom God sends to answer our prayers.”

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30. “Only God knows the plan he has for you. We must continue to pray for his will to be done. He has promised to answer, and he keeps his promises. So answer he will – in his own time and way. Whatever your future holds, this I know. He will not desert you. Your duty, my dear, is to seek his will and to walk in his way.”

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31. “Without that forgiveness, that peace, no heart is ever happy. There is always an inner struggle. Pain. Only when God has been invited in-to manage one’s life, to direct one’s thinking, to be in control-can one ever get away from all the conflicts inside. We have to stop struggling against His will before we can find real joy.”

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32. “We light the candle and ask the Lord Jehovah to illuminate the week ahead. We sprinkle spices into the flame and remind ourselves that the Sabbath should remain a sweet scent in our lives, flavoring the days to come.”

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33. “It can make us stronger, more compassionate, more understanding – more like Jesus – if we allow it to. And the more clutter we get rid of in our life here – the more we will be able to enjoy heaven – when we get there. So, pain can have a purpose.”

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34. “You didn’t have to be a ma and a pa and four kids to be a family. All you needed was people livin’ together and lovin’ and helpin’ one another. That’s what made a family – blood-ties and love-bonds.”

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35. “I think that is why – why God allows hard things in life. To prepare us. To knock off rough edges – pride, bias, envy, selfishness – so that when we get to heaven we will be more in tune – more able to enjoy the beautiful things we’ll find there. Maybe that’s what the rewards will be. A deeper appreciation of what we are given – what we are a part of.”

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36. “People who live in fear tend to do a powerful lot of nothing.”

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37. “Do I tell you how to braid your hair? Don’t tell me how to plow a field.”

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38. “I am not afraid of death, Abigail. I am afraid that I might draw back and not be bold in proclaiming the gospel.” He hesitated, then said, “And I am afraid that I might not stand firm. That under the heel of the enemy, in pain, I might deny my Lord.”

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39. “I really don’t know. We should be wise enough to know we can trust Him with everything, but it seems as if He is forever needing to remind us – one thing at a time. Maybe it’s because we just hang onto some things too tightly, wanting our own way too much.”

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40. “Why is this important? Because it means the division between God and man has been abolished.”

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41. “Understanding comes from within, from knowing and trusting in the Lord.”

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42. “But I refused to mope about for the evening. My little ritual with teacup, familiar chair, and a favorite Dickens story went a long way toward improving my outlook.”

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43. “She found peace in the assurance that they had both served as the Lord wished. With tears of thanksgiving upon her cheeks, she thanked her Lord for relief of the dark despair that had threatened to consume her. There was reason to go on. And she had God’s promise. And though she missed Stephen with all her heart, knowledge that the Lord was with her was enough.”

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44. “The cake had been done by a lady friend of Mary’s. It was simpler than it would have been had she been given more time; but I was finding more and more beauty in simplicity.”

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45. “If anyone deserves the truth, Nanna, a child does. They can accept things, even hurtful things, if they are dealt with honestly, in love.”

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46. “The sunset was a splendid display. I wondered if it was showing off for my benefit or if it was often that spectacular. Rarely had I seen such a gorgeous scene; the riotous colors flamed out over the sky in shades that I had no words to describe. Birds sang their last songs of the day before tucking in for the night, and still the darkness hung back. Now, I thought, I understand the word “twilight.” It was created for just this time – in this land.”

— Janette Oke

47. “Yes, He could have. He could let us go through all of our life, bundlin’ us and shelterin’ us from anything and everything that would hurt us. I could do that with my petunias, Josh. I could build a box around them and keep them from the wind and the rain, the crawlers and the bees. What would happen iffen I did that, Josh?” I jest shrugged. The answer was too obvious. “They’d never bear flowers,” said Auntie Lou.”

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48. “How did it all come about – this miracle of love? She didn’t know. It had come upon her unawares... softly.”

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49. “I know that this world holds suffering – and hardship – and sometimes despair. But our God has a gift – a hope and a future for each of us. If only we accept the manner in which it comes: the surrender of our will to His – in faith and obedience.”

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50. “We never know,” said her father, “when we pray for God’s protection on our children to what great lengths He will need to go to fulfil our prayers.”

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