“[Mary of Bethany] lived out what she and all of humankind were created to crave: an unhindered, unashamed reach for God.”- Sara Hagerty In Chapter 5 (“Uncovered: Becoming Vulnerable”) of Unseen, Sara Hagerty notes that when Mary anointed Jesus’ feet with expensive oil, she accomplished what few of us allow ourselves to do. As a […]
“When we have a life of constantly reaching for the next big thing, we miss the greatness God is calling us to right here, right now. In the small, the ordinary, the hidden moments. The white space.”- Sara Hagerty As Sara Hagerty concludes Chapter 4 of Unseen, she reminds us “the chief end of every […]
“Hearts that grow in God, that reach for Him and receive His reaching back, become profoundly great. Unshakable, even.”- Sara Hagerty (emphasis author’s) “Whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be your servant must be your slave.”- Matthew 20:26-27 (ESV) In Chapter 4 (“Love Poured Out: Leaning into Our […]
“He [God] hid me so that I would find Him in the hiddenness. So I would come back to my roots, so I would see His eyes on me in the hiding.”- Sara Hagerty In Chapter 3 (“Open Hands: Living a Story We Had Not Planned”) of Unseen, Sara Hagerty talks about God’s winterizing. Just […]
“As adults, we often accept the language of being a daughter or a son of God and yet still struggle — nearly daily and sometimes hourly — with the internal strife of not knowing how to rest in the safety of our God’s arms.”- Sara Hagerty Sara Hagerty concludes Chapter 2 of Unseen as she […]
“Unlike egotism, the drive to significance is a simple extension of the creative impulse of God that gave us being. . . . We were built to count, as water is made to run downhill. We are placed in a specific context to count in ways that no one else does. That is our destiny.”- […]
“And that’s where the mysterious beauty of hiddenness comes in. We who live most of our days in and around the people of this world don’t naturally hide ourselves in God. . . . We respond instead to the looks and applause and the direction of others around us. Thus, He hides us. And masterfully.”- […]
“We live for what is right in front of us, while God is ever so gently calling us toward the unseen.”- Sara Hagerty As Sara Hagerty continues Chapter 1 of Unseen, she notes that often most of our attention focuses on obvious accomplishments. Yet, in her quiet time of beautiful waste, Sara realized she must […]
“Time and a newly tender brush with God created a safe place for me to see the layers within me.”- Sara Hagerty “For the LORD does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”- 1 Samuel 16:7 (NKJV) Sara Hagerty continues Chapter 1 of […]
“Yet even as we might naturally clamor to get out of these places, He [God] continues to use the unwelcomed, unbending circumstances to show us that He sees, He knows. . . . We feel like we’re waiting it out or merely enduring hardship, but, from God’s angle, these times are purposed.”- Sara Hagerty As […]
“Something inside of me knew there had to be more to my life with God than being productive and sharing the good news with others. Something inside of me craved the God I’d find when I wasn’t changing the world.”- Sara Hagerty In Chapter 1 (“Beautiful Waste: Opening Our Eyes to the Unseen”) of Unseen, […]
“What if we can find joy and affirmation in the hidden, the quiet, the mundane? Because that’s exactly where Jesus says it’s at. There’s holy in the mundane.”- Jeff and Alyssa Bethke Jeff and Alyssa Bethke (“Love That Lasts”) wrote the foreword to Sara Hagerty’s new book Unseen: The Gift of Being Hidden in a […]