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Jeff Jeff said: " I just finished it for the second time, and if anything, love it even more than the first time. It will be read again and again, I am certain.

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Dallas Willard
“the intention of God is that we should each become the kind of person whom he can set free in his universe, empowered to do what we want to do. Just as we desire and intend this, so far as possible, for our children and others we love, so God desires and intends it for his children. But character, the inner directedness of the self, must develop to the point where that is possible.”
Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy: A Study of Spiritual Reality in Christian Thought

Dallas Willard
“So let us be clear once and for all that Jesus is not suggesting that certain classes of people are to be viewed as pigs or dogs. Nor is he saying that we should not give good things and do good deeds to people who might reject or misuse them. In fact, his teaching is precisely the opposite. We are to be like the Father in the heavens, “who is kind to the unthankful and the evil” (Luke 6:35). The problem with pearls for pigs is not that the pigs are not worthy. It is not worthiness that is in question here at all, but helpfulness. Pigs cannot digest pearls, cannot nourish themselves upon them. Likewise for a dog with a Bible or a crucifix. The dog cannot eat it. The reason these animals will finally “turn and rend you,” when you one day step up to them with another load of Bibles or pearls, is that you at least are edible. Anyone who has ever had serious responsibilities of caring for animals will understand immediately what Jesus is saying. And what a picture this is of our efforts to correct and control others by pouring our good things, often truly precious things, upon them—things that they nevertheless simply cannot ingest and use to nourish themselves. Often we do not even listen to them. We “know” without listening. Jesus saw it going on around him all the time, as we do today. And the outcome is usually exactly the same as with the pig and the dog. Our good intentions make little difference. The needy person will finally become angry and attack us. The point is not the waste of the “pearl” but that the person given the pearl is not helped.”
Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy: A Study of Spiritual Reality in Christian Thought

Mary  Davis
“We all change the world whether we intend to or not. And we always change the world for the better when we plant the seeds of kind thoughts and words.”
Mary Davis, Every Day Spirit: A Daybook of Wisdom, Joy and Peace

Dallas Willard
“He does not call us to do what he did, but to be as he was, permeated with love. Then the doing of what he did and said becomes the natural expression of who we are in him.”
Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy: A Study of Spiritual Reality in Christian Thought

Dallas Willard
“Circumstances and other people are not in control of an individual’s character or of the life that lies endlessly before”
Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy: A Study of Spiritual Reality in Christian Thought

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