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When he does speak you wonder if he isn’t some sort of alien who sees the landscape of human ideas and experiences differently than everybody else.
The thing is, he usually makes uncomfortable sense in a world where most folks would rather just hear what they are used to hearing, which is often not much of anything.
I suppose that since most of our hurts come through relationships, so will our healing, and I know that grace rarely makes sense for those looking in from the outside.
I often find that getting head issues out of the way first makes the heart stuff easier to work on later… when you’re ready.”
when all you can see is your pain, perhaps then you lose sight of me?”
Relationships are never about power, and one way to avoid the will to hold power over another is to choose to limit oneself—to serve.
“I know, Mack. But it’s not true. I am with you and I’m not lost. I’m sorry it feels that way, but hear me clearly: you are not lost.”
I don’t need to punish people for sin. Sin is its own punishment, devouring you from the inside. It’s not my purpose to punish it; it’s my joy to cure
Trust is the fruit of a relationship in which you know you are loved. Because you do not know that I love you, you cannot trust me.”
“So why do I have so much fear in my life?” “Because you don’t believe. You don’t know that we love you. The person who lives by his fears will not find freedom in my love.
Submission is not about authority and it is not obedience; it is all about relationships of love and respect. In fact, we are submitted to you in the same way.”
You demanded your independence, and now you are angry with the One who loved you enough to give it to you.
“with her, everything is normal and elegantly simple. Because you are so lost and independent you bring to her many complications, and as a result you find even her simplicity profound.”
Grace doesn’t depend on suffering to exist, but where there is suffering you will find grace in many facets and colors.”
“Forgiveness is not about forgetting, Mack. It is about letting go of another person’s throat.”
