Yearning Quotes

“But the bridge that crosses the great gulf runs from God to us, never from us to God. We do not travel through the cross to find God; instead, God has traveled through the cross to find us. The significance of this distinction is great.”
― M. Craig Barnes, Yearning: Living Between How It Is and How It Ought to Be

“In truth, doing does not determine being; rather, being determines doing. It is only after we have a firm understanding of who we are that we know what to do with life.”
― M. Craig Barnes, Yearning: Living Between How It Is and How It Ought to Be

“Furthermore, to say God's work is good enough is not to say that once we receive our lives we cannot improve them. We are clearly invited to work in the garden. In both Old and New Testaments we are given exhortations to be diligent with the lives we have. But there is a big difference between self-improvement and re-creation. Self-improvement is the humble perspective of good stewards, while re-creation is a desperate effort to surpass our created limitations.”
― M. Craig Barnes, Yearning: Living Between How It Is and How It Ought to Be