Every one says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until they have something to forgive,
“Forgiveness, then, is a form of voluntary suffering. In forgiving, rather than retaliating, you make a choice to bear the cost.”
― Forgive: Why Should I and How Can I?
― Forgive: Why Should I and How Can I?
“To admit uncertainty is to admit to weakness, to powerlessness, and to believe in yourself despite both. It is a frailty but in this frailty there is a strength: the conviction to live in your own mind, and not in someone else's. I have often wondered if the most powerful words I wrote that night came not from anger or rage, but from doubt: I don't know. I just don't know.
Not knowing for certain, but refusing to give way to those who claim certainty, was a privilege I had never allowed myself.”
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Not knowing for certain, but refusing to give way to those who claim certainty, was a privilege I had never allowed myself.”
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“If hope is only rooted in an outcome, then your expectations will crush you.”
― Hope Heals
― Hope Heals
“Grief, I’ve learned, is really just love. It’s all the love you want to give, but cannot. All that unspent love gathers up in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and in that hollow part of your chest. Grief is just love with no place to go.”
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“During the crisis many churches took their Sunday and other gatherings online, and to their surprise they often got many times more viewers than they had members. It meant that at least some people were “looking in” who previously had not thought they needed spiritual resources. What we all need in such frightening times is faith in the resurrection.”
― Hope in Times of Fear: The Resurrection and the Meaning of Easter
― Hope in Times of Fear: The Resurrection and the Meaning of Easter
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