Everybody, Always: Becoming Love in a World Full of Setbacks and Difficult People

by Bob Goff

I was reminded again how grace never seems fair until you need some.

when you’ve got a guide you can trust, you don’t have to worry about the path you’re on. It’s the same lesson I’ve been learning about Jesus. I’m just trying to follow love’s lead.

We’re all going to trip as we try to follow Him through the difficult terrain of our lives. But when we do, we’ll bump into Him all over again. Following Jesus means climbing, tripping, dusting ourselves off, and climbing some more. Faith isn’t a business trip walked on a sidewalk; it’s an adventure worked out on a steep and sometimes difficult trail.

I can't begin to tell you how much I love this quote from @BobGoff.

It’s hard to walk with Jesus and run ahead of Him at the same time.

Every day we get to decide whether we’re really following Jesus or treating Him like He’s just a Sherpa carrying our stuff.

People who are becoming love celebrate how far the people around them have come. They’re constantly asking the question, “Where do you want to go?” Then they help the people around them get there.

loving people the way Jesus did either changes everything in us or it changes nothing.

Jesus said being right with Him meant loving people who got things wrong.

Loving your enemies doesn’t just mean learning about them or being nice to them or tolerating them. It means helping them.

Loving people the way Jesus did means being constantly misunderstood. People who are becoming love don’t care. They will do whatever it takes to reach whoever is hurting.

There is no love without justice, but there is no justice without love.

I don’t think we have any business telling people what to change in their lives unless we’re willing to change a couple of things in ours.