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“Simply put: love does.”
― Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World
― Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World
“I learned that faith isn’t about knowing all of the right stuff or obeying a list of rules. It’s something more, something more costly because it being present and making a sacrifice. Perhaps that’s why Jesus is sometimes called Immanuel - “God with us.” I think that’s what God had in mind, for Jesus to be present, to just be with us. It’s also what He has in mind for us when it comes to other people.”
― Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World
― Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World
“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.”
― Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World
― Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World
“Actually, the real game of Bigger and Better that Jesus is playing with us usually isn’t about money or possessions or even our hopes. It’s about our pride. He asks if we’ll give up that thing we’re so proud of, that thing we believe causes us to matter in the eyes of the world, and give it up to follow Him. He’s asking us, “Will you take what you think defines you, leave it behind, and let Me define who you are instead?”
― Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World
― Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World
“He knew that he was the stuff of which fanatics and madmen are made and that he had turned his destiny as if with his bare will. He kept himself upright on a very narrow line between madness and emptiness and when the time came for him to lose his balance he intended to lurch toward emptiness and fall on the side of his choice.”
― The Violent Bear It Away
― The Violent Bear It Away
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