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Shame.
It is the sense of being completely insufficient as a person, the nagging feeling that for some reason you’re defective and unworthy.
“You are on the threshold of receiving the greatest grace of your life. You are discovering what it means to be poor in spirit.
But the usefulness of my life is His concern, not mine. It would be indecent of me to
worry about that.
No matter how boring followers of Jesus may appear to be to the outsiders, they don’t know the half of it; trust me.… If we really believe the gospel we proclaim, we’ll be honest about our own beauty and brokenness, and the beautiful broken One will make himself known to our neighbors through the chinks in our armor—and in theirs.2
Jesus loved, ended his first letter with this line: “Children, be on your guard against false gods.” In other words, steer
clear of any god you can comprehend. Abba’s love cannot be comprehended. I’ll say it again: Abba’s love cannot be comprehended.
“What is the telltale sign of a trusting heart?”
A trusting heart is forgiven and, in turn, forgives.
