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“They shared indescribable pain. They had loved, they'd been loved, they had triumphed, they had lost. They were still alive. They wanted still to live, and more, to love again, despite.”
― The Morgue Keeper
― The Morgue Keeper
“But human beings naturally love expressing their opinions more than they want to understand other people. We always talk too much and listen too little, which is why the world is so noisy. Only when we understand this will we finally see progress in the world. That’s when humanity will be ready to use the internet as a tool.”
― Second Sister
― Second Sister
“The problem here wasn’t the internet, even though that’s how the news spread, nor was it the websites that were used, but the stupidity of the human mind. In seeking the truth, we choose to believe unreliable sources, and we spread these untruths in the name of ‘sharing,’ creating a disaster that’s hard to undo.”
― Second Sister
― Second Sister
“God knows we don’t understand, but He never stops loving us, even when we can’t hear Him or we choose not to believe Him. Our ability to receive the love of God is not a prerequisite for Him loving us. When we are brave enough to be still, God breaks through our self-protective walls and speaks truth into our disappointment with Him. His whispers are tender and faithful.”
― Tired of Trying: How to Hold On to God When You're Frustrated, Fed Up, and Feeling Forgotten
― Tired of Trying: How to Hold On to God When You're Frustrated, Fed Up, and Feeling Forgotten
“It was during this time that God began to ask many probing questions. Why the anger? Why the anxiety? Why the bitterness? Why the busyness? Why the striving? Why the insecurity? Ashley, what’s at the root of all this? I was desperately afraid that I was not good enough. I was anxious because I didn’t know how to make things better and afraid they were going to get worse. I was bitter because I wanted to be better than I was. I had always considered myself to be strong, and I wanted to be strong again. I stayed busy in the hope that other people would tell me I had value and my life did matter. I lived insecure because no matter what I tried, it failed to give me the validation I needed. I wanted to be good enough, and all I had was proof that I wasn’t. The pain of this realization and the way it made me feel exposed was a threat to every ounce of who I was. It was like having an exposed nerve—all I wanted was to escape this excruciating pain. God asked me these questions and gave me time and space to wrestle through them until I could acknowledge the sources of identity I was relying on that were not Him. It would have been unfaithful and unloving of God to let me continue relying on those idols when what I really needed was Him. What about you? What reactions have you been living with that might be an indicator of the questions God wants to ask you? He doesn’t point them out to shame us but to set us free. We are often so tired and angry with others because we are asking them to give to us what only God can. When these questions trigger emotion or reveal where we may have gotten stuck along the way, we have a choice to make. We can either face the truth of our hurts and let God uproot what needs to be uprooted and replace it with truth, love, and freedom, or we can hold on to our hurts and continue wrestling with Him for control. I wanted to let go. I wanted to let Him validate me, but I didn’t know how. When we have lived in certain patterns of behavior that we believe keep us safe, nothing can be scarier than being exposed over and over to our true need.”
― Tired of Trying: How to Hold On to God When You're Frustrated, Fed Up, and Feeling Forgotten
― Tired of Trying: How to Hold On to God When You're Frustrated, Fed Up, and Feeling Forgotten
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