William Paul Young, The Shack Quotes
Forgiveness is not about forgetting. It is about letting go of another person's throat.
Don't ever discount the wonder of your tears. They can be healing waters and a stream of joy. Sometimes they are the best words the heart can speak.
Grace doesn't depend on suffering to exist, but where there is suffering you will find grace in many facets and colors.
those who are afraid of freedom are those who cannot trust us to live in them. Trying to keep the law is actually a declaration of independence, a way of keeping control
So many believe that it is love that grows, but it is the knowing that grows and love simply expands to contain it.
I suppose that since most of our hurts come through relationships so will our healing, and I know that grace rarely makes sense for those looking in from the outside.
You cannot produce trust just like you cannot 'do' humility. It either is or is not.
If a rainbow makes a sound, or a flower as it grows, that was the sound of her laughter.
The 'will to power and independence' has become so ubiquitous that it is now considered normal.
For any created being, autonomy is lunacy. Freedom involves trust and obedience inside a relationship of love.
Relationships are never about power, and one way to avoid the will to power is to choose to limit oneself- to serve.
Forgiveness is not about forgetting, Mack. It is about letting go of another person's throat.
Exactly, " Jesus interrupted. "You imagine. Such a powerful ability, the imagination! That power alone makes you so like us. But without wisdom, imagination is a cruel task-master.
