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The shallow end of hope is usually the deep end of grace.

Bob Goff

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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Fighting Guy Running Somewhere
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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Kind Language Sacrifice Sign
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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Different Sound Stuff
I used to think life could be shared with anyone, but now I know choosing the right people is pretty important.
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Important People Thinking
Words people say not only have a shelf life but have the ability to shape life.
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People Shapes Shelves
It’s easy to confuse a lot of activity with a purposeful life. Do what lasts; let the rest fall away.
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Easy Fall Lasts
There’s a lot to be concerned about; there’s more to be hopeful for.
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Concerned Hopeful Lot More
Love finds us where we are, not where we were.
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Emotion Find Love Trust
We determine how much influence we’ll have, when we decide how available we’ll be.
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Available Determine Influence
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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Already Amusement Circular Park Predictability Train
We can’t always see people’s pain; they can always feel our love.
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Love Our Pain People
The teachers I’ve learned the most from, didn’t think they were teaching me; they just thought we were friends.
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Teacher Teaching Thinking
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.
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Broken God Religious Work
I used to think I could learn about Jesus by studying Him, but now I know Jesus doesn’t want stalkers.
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Jesus Thinking Want
Live a life of conspicuous grace and courageous resolve.
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Courageous Grace Resolve
Next to grace, I bet God thinks making us need each other was one of His best ideas.
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Grace Ideas Thinking

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