But the kind of love that God created and demonstrated is a costly one because it involves sacrifice and presence. It’s a love that operates more like a sign language than being spoken outright.
BOB GOFFBut the kind of love that God created and demonstrated is a costly one because it involves sacrifice and presence. It’s a love that operates more like a sign language than being spoken outright.
BOB GOFFGrace means we don’t need to airbrush our lives to make them look like they’re working.
BOB GOFFIf you’re following God and haven’t lost much of what you’ve been holding on to – follow a little closer.
BOB GOFFLoving people the way Jesus did, means living a life of constant interruptions. Bring it.
BOB GOFFOne thing I do is (and I realize this might sound nuts), every month or so, I try to take like an Etch-a-sketch [so to speak], and I clear my faith. I go to zero, clear the deck. And I start adding things back to my faith, one at a time.
BOB GOFFWhat distracts us will begin to define us. We don’t need to swing at every pitch.
BOB GOFFNobody turns down an invitation to the White House, but I’ve seen plenty of people turn down an invitation to fully live.
BOB GOFFGod makes confetti out of our titles and accomplishments to celebrate the poor and the humble.
BOB GOFFLove doesn’t just keep thinking about it or keep planning for it… Simply put: Love does!
BOB GOFFThe way we treat people we disagree with most is a report card on what we’ve learned about love.
BOB GOFFThe way we love people we disagree with is the best evidence of what we really believe.
BOB GOFFWe keep telling God our opinions; He keeps asking us about our hearts. We’ll grow the most when we have the right conversations.
BOB GOFFIf we only do what we’re familiar with, we might miss what we’ve been made for.
BOB GOFFStop doing what you’re able to do and figure out what you were made to do – then do lots of that.
BOB GOFFLiving a life fully engaged in full of whimsy and the kind of things that love does is something most people plan to do, but along the way they just kind of forget.
BOB GOFFLike the circular rails of a train at an amusement park, the scripts we know offer a brand of security, of predictability, of safety for us. But the problem is, they only take us where we’ve already been.
BOB GOFF