Jillian Pearson’s Reviews > Reaching Out: The Three Movements of the Spiritual Life > Status Update

“God is not just our good inclinations, our generosity, or our love. All these experiences of the heart may remind us of God‘s presence, but their absence does not prove God‘s absence. God is not only greater than our mind, he is also greater than our heart, and just as we have to avoid the temptation of adapting God to our small concepts. We also have to avoid adapting him to our small feelings.”

“Just as we cannot force a plant to grow, but can take away the weeds and stones which prevent its development, so we cannot force anyone to such a personal and intimate change of heart, but we can offer the space where such a change can take place.”