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I Wish I Could Take Away Your Pain
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The Story of Two Lost Sons: Finding Grace and Restoration Through God’s Lavish Love
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Trust Issues With God: Because Life Is Unfair: Bible Study, With Video Access
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People Are a Part of Our Brain Growth
Trusting God and resting in God’s love shifts our brains out of constant stress and survival mode. It creates safety, and safety allows the brain to heal from patterns of fear and shame. We have the God-given authority to lead our brains. To learn God’s love, to learn that God is trustworthy, and to move our bodies into safety involves relationships with people. Yes, people. People are a part of o
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“I feel so alone.
Shame survives by convincing me I am alone.
Whether my pain was caused by my bad decision or whether something tragic happened to me, shame is loud in my head.
All of God’s promises that I know do not quiet this shame.
Shame feels comforting when I feel so helpless.
Because it is easier to feel shame than it is to feel helpless.
Shame is something I think I have control over.
Except shame lies.”
― I Wish I Could Take Away Your Pain
Shame survives by convincing me I am alone.
Whether my pain was caused by my bad decision or whether something tragic happened to me, shame is loud in my head.
All of God’s promises that I know do not quiet this shame.
Shame feels comforting when I feel so helpless.
Because it is easier to feel shame than it is to feel helpless.
Shame is something I think I have control over.
Except shame lies.”
― I Wish I Could Take Away Your Pain
“By choosing me you are choosing to have a life that is a little less comfortable because of me.
This seems like something to be avoided.
To live vulnerably like this seems to be something to be avoided.”
― I Wish I Could Take Away Your Pain
This seems like something to be avoided.
To live vulnerably like this seems to be something to be avoided.”
― I Wish I Could Take Away Your Pain
“God is not the patriarch who stays home, doesn’t move, and expects his children to come to him, apologize for their bad behavior, beg for forgiveness, and promise to do better.
It’s the opposite.
He leaves the house, ignores his dignity by running toward them, pays no heed to apologies or smells and promises of change, and starts the party. God is always on the giving side, trying to repair the relationship.
God is a God who always says let’s start here.
You don’t have to get better for God. God doesn’t try to find you when you are good enough. No. God says, ‘You’re here—and I’ll meet you right where you are. From there, we’ll grow together.”
― The Story of Two Lost Sons: Finding Grace and Restoration Through God’s Lavish Love
It’s the opposite.
He leaves the house, ignores his dignity by running toward them, pays no heed to apologies or smells and promises of change, and starts the party. God is always on the giving side, trying to repair the relationship.
God is a God who always says let’s start here.
You don’t have to get better for God. God doesn’t try to find you when you are good enough. No. God says, ‘You’re here—and I’ll meet you right where you are. From there, we’ll grow together.”
― The Story of Two Lost Sons: Finding Grace and Restoration Through God’s Lavish Love
“Hope is a function of struggle.”
― Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
― Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
“The real questions for parents should be: "Are you engaged? Are you paying attention?" If so, plan to make lots of mistakes and bad decisions. Imperfect parenting moments turn into gifts as our children watch us try to figure out what went wrong and how we can do better next time. The mandate is not to be perfect and raise happy children. Perfection doesn't exist, and I've found what makes children happy doesn't always prepare them to be courageous, engaged adults.”
― Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
― Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
“If we are going to find our way out of shame and back to each other, vulnerability is the path and courage is the light. To set down those lists of *what we're supposed to be* is brave. To love ourselves and support each other in the process of becoming real is perhaps the greatest single act of daring greatly.”
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“There’s nothing more daring than showing up, putting ourselves out there and letting ourselves be seen.”
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“I define vulnerability as uncertainty, risk and emotional exposure. With that definition in mind, let’s think about love. Waking up every day and loving someone who may or may not love us back, whose safety we can’t ensure, who may stay in our lives or may leave without a moment’s notice, who may be loyal to the day they die or betray us tomorrow—that’s vulnerability.”
― Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
― Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
