Define yourself radically as one beloved by God. This is the true self. Every other identity is illusion. --Brennan Manning, Ragamuffin Gospel
In essence, there is only one thing God asks of us--that we be men and women of prayer, people who live close to God, people for whom God is everything and for whom God is enough. --Brennan Manning (Cited as B.M. from now on)
That is his all to us--simply to be people who are content to live close to him and to renew the kind of life in which the closeness is felt and experienced -- Thomas Martin
Make happy those who are near and those who are far will come --Chinese proverb
Kissing is like drinking salt water: you drink and your thirst increases--Chinese proverb form my tea bag :)
When a boy leaves you, it does not hurt because he took pieces of your heart with him, but because he gave back the pieces you gave him in the first place, esteeming them as being undesirable and insufficient. --My good friend, Josh Lancette
My deepest awareness of myself is that I am deeply loved by Jesus Christ and I have done nothing to earn it or deserve it. --Brennan Manning
How glorious the splendor of a human heart that trusts that it is loved --B.M.
When a man or women is truly honest, it is virtually impossible to insult them personally--B.M.
There is a beautiful transparency to honest disciples who never wear a false face and do not pretend to be anything but who they are--B.M.
Define yourself radically as one beloved by God. This is the true self. Every other identity is illusion. --B.M.
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