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Captivated by this one. Keeping it at the top of the stack for now

Got a library card so I can get back to my favorite way to read: 7 books started all at once and finished mostly all at once

Thought provoking and will make you want to enjoy God more and more. Life with Him is deeply satisfying!

“It is impossible to become spiritually mature all at once.”

I seen this one a lot, looking forward to reading it.

So far, insightful and simple

I can tell already this book is going to break my heart

Theo keeps making me cry, everything he says is poetry

I’m enthralled

“For Moses the presence of God was the Promised Land. Next to that, everything else had already paled in significance”

“Discernment is grounded in our belief that God is good, that his intentions towards us are always good and that He has the power to carry them out.” Geez

“Is it hard to open ourselves fully to Someone we don’t trust to be good to us in the deepest ways.”
Geez

“Gods will is the best thing that could happen to us under any circumstance.” Geez.

Read this book, everyone.

“Human beings in community are like rocks in a riverbed; we are shaped by the flow of life in the communities we are part of.”

“God is not in any particular hurry to get us to the Promised Land. He is much more concerned about the transforming work he is doing in us to prepare us for greater responsibilities of freedom living.”

I’d type out the whole book if I could. Highly recommend.

“Receive each breath as God’s gift to you, evidence that he wants you to be alive today.”

“Gods will for us is generally for us to do more of that which gives us life and to turn away from
those things that drain life from us and debilitate us.”

I’m having a hard time focusing on anything but this book in the slower moments of work today.

“Taking responsibility for oneself may well be more demanding than taking responsibility for a congregation or an organization!” Geez.

Off to make phone calls now but have a lot to think about after chapter 3!

“Only once you give yourself permission to stop trying to do it all, to stop saying yes to everyone, can you make your highest contribution towards the things that really matter.”

“What lies beneath the surface - of the Oceania our lives - really matters…. This part of me, if left as it is, will be no good for anyone.”

Enjoying this one a lot!

“He knew that if his soul was to be well, he could not afford to live his life driven blindly by unexamined inner dynamics.”