Tara

“Faithfulness does not feel like what it is accomplishing. We have gotten so consumed with feelings needing to be pleasant that we have discarded the generally unpleasant feelings of faithfulness. It doesn’t feel good, so it cannot be good. But discarding the feelings of faithfulness discards the fruits of it.”
― Rachel Jankovic, You Who? Why You Matter and How to Deal with It

“When you believe niceness disproves the presence of racism, it’s easy to start believing bigotry is rare, and that the label racist should be applied only to mean-spirited, intentional acts of discrimination. The problem with this framework—besides being a gross misunderstanding of how racism operates in systems and structures enabled by nice people—is that it obligates me to be nice in return, rather than truthful. I am expected to come closer to the racists. Be nicer to them. Coddle them.”
― Austin Channing Brown, I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness

“But God did not save us because we were so valuable. We have value because He saved us.”
― Rachel Jankovic, You Who? Why You Matter and How to Deal with It

“Do you want to be conformed to the image of Christ? Let the Word do it to you. Do you want to overcome the world the flesh and the devil? Let the Word of God and the faithful worship of Him equip you. Do you want to be equipped for every good work? The Word of God will do that for you; the preaching of the Word will strengthen you. Do you want to overcome fear? The Word of God will do that in you.”
― Rachel Jankovic, You Who? Why You Matter and How to Deal with It