It has always seemed to me that broken things, just like broken people, get used more; it’s probably because God has more pieces to work with.
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.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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The shallow end of hope is usually the deep end of grace.
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We can be the light of the world without leaving our high beams on and annoying everybody.
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Grace means we don’t need to airbrush our lives to make them look like they’re working.
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Courage isn’t the absence of fear, it’s just deciding that fear isn’t calling the shots anymore
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I know that sounds so circular, but for you, what you were made to do, is different than what I was made to do.
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God finds us in the holes we dig for ourselves. We see failures; He sees foundations.
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If you’re following God and haven’t lost much of what you’ve been holding on to – follow a little closer.
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We won’t be distracted by comparison if we’re captivated with purpose.
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Like 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.
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We spend a lot of energy remembering failures God spent a lot of love saying we could forget.
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You 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.
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Stand up like a mountain; have faith like a rock; love like an avalanche
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Courage doesn’t mean we’re not afraid anymore, it just means our actions aren’t controlled by our doubts.
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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.
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Do less of what you’re terrible at and more of what you’re good at. I don’t know if that sounds too simple, but it’s been working for me.
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