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“We are not to simply bandage the wounds of victims beneath the wheels of injustice, we are to drive a spoke into the wheel itself.”
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“By judging others we blind ourselves to our own evil and to the grace which others are just as entitled to as we are.”
― The Cost of Discipleship
― The Cost of Discipleship
“Tell me how to earn my father’s favor, Joseph. You always know what to do.” I am sure my words came out muffled through my hands.
“Perhaps you seek the wrong objective.”
I did not understand. I met Joseph’s calm gaze. “What do you mean, seeking the wrong objective? Isn’t every son supposed to honor their father?”
“Yes, but honor is not the same as earning his favor. You are trying to earn something you cannot obtain.”
― A Different Kind of Courage
“Perhaps you seek the wrong objective.”
I did not understand. I met Joseph’s calm gaze. “What do you mean, seeking the wrong objective? Isn’t every son supposed to honor their father?”
“Yes, but honor is not the same as earning his favor. You are trying to earn something you cannot obtain.”
― A Different Kind of Courage
“Judging others makes us blind, whereas love is illuminating. By judging others we blind ourselves to our own evil and to the grace which others are just as entitled to as we are.”
― The Cost of Discipleship
― The Cost of Discipleship
“The world was at my fingertips. But I was tired of being at its fingertips.”
― Fly Away Home
― Fly Away Home
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