Befriend Quotes

“Faithful are the wounds of friends who show me a mirror, who praised the good in me but who also point out what's hurtful, because such wounds are surgical, not punitive. Such wounds are restorative, not insulting.”
― Scott Sauls, Befriend: Create Belonging in an Age of Judgment, Isolation, and Fear

“The name of Jesus is sufficient to name us. The story of Jesus is sufficient to be our story. His name liberates us from preoccupation with self.”
― Scott Sauls, Befriend: Create Belonging in an Age of Judgment, Isolation, and Fear

“What I am learning is how important it is for me as part of the majority to talk less and listen more to the minority voice. I'm starting to see that because I haven't lived the minority experience and because I have for all my life 'reaped comfort from being white' in a white-dominated society, I should be quick to listen and slow to speak. I should presume less, offer fewer solutions, and ask a lot more questions. For only when I listen to the pain of the minority am I able to love across the lines of difference in ways that are helpful and not hurtful.”
― Scott Sauls, Befriend: Create Belonging in an Age of Judgment, Isolation, and Fear

“Children provide us with a necessary gut check. They challenge the distorted value systems that inhibit us from loving well. They are God-given reminders of life as it’s meant to be. Don’t hinder the little children. Let them come to me. Jesus sweeping children up into his embrace is also an invitation—no, a command—to welcome them into ours as well. The children will be the better for it. And so will we.”
― Scott Sauls, Befriend: Create Belonging in an Age of Judgment, Isolation, and Fear