I don’t think anyone aims to be typical, really. Most people even vow to themselves some time in high school or college not to be typical. But still, they just kind of loop back to it somehow.
BOB GOFFInsecurity wants us to keep track of our failures; grace doesn’t even write them down.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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I used to want to fix people, but now I just want to be with them.
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That’s one of the things about love. It doesn’t recognize boundaries and never obeys the rules we try to give it.
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We determine how much influence we’ll have, when we decide how available we’ll be.
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You can quit anything on a Thursday.
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Living 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.
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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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Love God. Love people. And do stuff. That’s my punch list everyday.
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Great love leaves little doubt.
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Grace works that way. It’s a kind word from a gentle person with an impossible prayer. It’s a force sometimes transmitted best hand to hand in a dark place.
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God’s grace comes in all shapes, sizes, and circumstances as God continues to unfold something magnificent in me.
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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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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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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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I used to hope the things I did would work; now I hope they last.
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We won’t be like Jesus if it’s more important to us to be like each other. God doesn’t compare what he creates.
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