Sometimes we ask God for help and God gives us hope, not because it’s different, but because it’s the same.
BOB GOFFSometimes we ask God for help and God gives us hope, not because it’s different, but because it’s the same.
BOB GOFFThey loop us back to places where everyone can easily go, not necessarily where we were made to go. Living a different kind of life takes some guts and grit and a new way of seeing things.
BOB GOFFWhimsy doesn’t care if you are the driver or the passenger; all that matters is that you are on your way.
BOB GOFFWhatever you’re aiming for, God’s better.
BOB GOFFI used to think you had to be special for God to use you, but now I know you simply need to say yes.
BOB GOFFYou don’t need a plan; you just need to be present.
BOB GOFFWhen you trust someone, you don’t need to know everything.
BOB GOFFLove doesn’t try to be efficient; when it is most extravagant, it is least wasted.
BOB GOFFBeing engaged is a way of doing life, a way of living and loving. It’s about going to extremes and expressing the bright hope that life offers us.
BOB GOFFWhen you love people like Jesus, you get messy. But messy looks good on you!
BOB GOFFYou don’t want to pick a fight with just the guy at the deli, [you want to] pick a fight somewhere in the world and just run towards it. Run because the fight is going to go on without you if you miss it.
BOB GOFFThe way we treat people we disagree with most is a report card on what we’ve learned about love.
BOB GOFFDon’t let not knowing how it’ll end keep you from beginning. Uncertainty chases us out into the open where God is waiting.
BOB GOFFWhen you are in high school, you don’t give much thought to what you can’t do. For most people, that gets learned later, and for still fewer, gets unlearned for the rest of life.
BOB GOFFSmall streams don’t plan to be mighty rivers. We just move in a direction; God decides what He’ll have us become.
BOB GOFFDo what lasts, get around to everything else.
BOB GOFF