For those who resonate with formulas, here it is: add your whole life, your loves, your passions, and your interests together with what God said He wants us to be about, and that’s your answer.
BOB GOFFFor those who resonate with formulas, here it is: add your whole life, your loves, your passions, and your interests together with what God said He wants us to be about, and that’s your answer.
BOB GOFFThe organization just said no to you. Find what it is that you were made to do and get on it! Go do what you were made to do.
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 GOFFLove finds us where we are, not where we were.
BOB GOFFLiving a life of following Christ means constant interruptions.
BOB GOFFWe won’t be distracted by comparison if we’re captivated with purpose.
BOB GOFFGrace 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.
BOB GOFFWhat would be the first thing I’d add back? Jesus. It sounds a little bit like a Sunday school answer, but that’s what I do. Then what’s the next thing? And I’d say, well, loving people. And then the next.
BOB GOFFI used to hope the things I did would work; now I hope they last.
BOB GOFFJesus is nuts about kids. He doesn’t seem to think much of lawyers which really lands close to home, but He’s nuts about kids and loves justice.
BOB GOFFYou don’t need a plan; you just need to be present.
BOB GOFFWe keep asking for answers; God keeps sending us people.
BOB GOFFLove has the kind of power criticism only wishes it had.
BOB GOFFI used to be afraid of failing at something that really mattered to me, but now I’m more afraid of succeeding at things that don’t matter.
BOB GOFFLove doesn’t try to be efficient; when it is most extravagant, it is least wasted.
BOB GOFFWe’re part of God’s much bigger plan for the whole world. Just like God’s Son arrived here, so did you. And after Jesus arrived, God whispered to all of humanity “It’s your move.
BOB GOFF