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“God heard the cry of the psalmist stuck in a cave. He heard the cry of his Son in a lonely garden. He hears every cry of a tired supergirl’s heart, both happy and sad. And he is ready to love us right where we are. Crazy or not crazy. Joyful or depressed. Broken or whole. Fallen or triumphant. We can give the Liar a good, swift kick as far as this lie goes. God is not on the outs with us when we struggle with him. He is on this journey with us, and he is not leaving. He promised he never would. And it doesn’t get any more real than that.”
― Susanna Foth Aughtmon, My Bangs Look Good and Other Lies I Tell Myself: The Tired Supergirl's Search for Truth

“Whenever you start to feel insecure—about anything—come to Me. Talk with Me about your fears and concerns; then affirm your trust in Me. Voicing your trust connects you with Me at a deep level. It also pushes back the darkness of deception. The evil one has been deceiving people ever since time began, since the Garden of Eden. Do not listen to his lies. Instead, put your trust in Me, for I am absolute Truth. As you come to know Me—the Truth—better and better, I make you increasingly free.”
― Sarah Young, Jesus Today: Experience Hope Through His Presence

“Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased. 1”
― Timothy S. Lane, Relationships: A Mess Worth Making

“I want neither a terrorist spirituality that keeps me in a perpetual state of fright about being in right relationship with my heavenly Father nor a sappy spirituality that portrays God as such a benign teddy bear that there is no aberrant behavior or desire of mine that he will not condone. I want a relationship with the Abba of Jesus, who is infinitely compassionate with my brokenness and at the same time an awesome, incomprehensible, and unwieldy Mystery. ”
― Brennan Manning