If asked whether I am finally letting God love me, just as I am, I would answer, ‘No, but I’m trying.
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The men and women who are truly filled with light are those who have gazed deeply into the darkness of their own imperfect existence.
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If asked whether I am finally letting God love me, just as I am, I would answer, ‘No, but I’m trying.
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When we wallow in guilt, remorse, and shame over real or imagined sins of the past, we are disdaining God’s gift of grace.
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If in our hearts we really don’t believe that God loves us as we are, if we are still tainted by the lie that we can do something to make God love us more, we are rejecting the message of the cross.
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Faithfulness requires the courage to risk everything on Jesus, the willingness to keep growing, and the readiness to risk failure throughout our lives.
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The gospel declares that no matter how dutiful or prayerful we are, we can’t save ourselves. What Jesus did was sufficient.
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Letting ourselves be loved by God is more important than loving God.
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The story goes that a public sinner was excommunicated and forbidden entry to the church. He took his woes to God. ‘They won’t let me in, Lord, because I am a sinner.’ ‘What are you complaining about?’ said God. ‘They won’t let Me in either.
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Genuine self-acceptance is not derived from the power of positive thinking, mind games or pop psychology. IT IS AN ACT OF FAITH in the God of grace.
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God is enough. That is the root of peace. When we start seeking something besides Him, we lose it.
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The Good News means we can stop lying to ourselves. The sweet sound of amazing grace saves us from the necessity of self-deception. It keeps us from denying that though Christ was victorious, the battle with lust, greed, and pride still rages within us.
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A saint is not someone who is good but who experiences the goodness of God.
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The dominant characteristic of an authentic spiritual life is the gratitude that flows from trust — not only for all the gifts that I receive from God, but gratitude for all the suffering. Because in that purifying experience, suffering has often been the shortest path to intimacy with God.
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we unwittingly project onto God our own attitudes and feelings toward ourselves… But we cannot assume that He feels about us the way we feel about ourselves — unless we love ourselves compassionately, intensely, and freely.
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We are made for Christ, and nothing less will ever satisfy us.
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We must go out into a desert of some kind (your backyard will do) and come into a personal experience of the awesome love of God.
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The deepest desire of our hearts is for union for God. God created us for union with himself. This is the original purpose of our lives.
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