God invites. We decline. And because of that single foolhardy decision we spend the rest of our lives ‘declining’.
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Zum Autor"Why is it when I pursue the praises of men I find myself with everything that I’ve looked for but nothing that I need? That’s because I have an extraordinary habit of looking for the wrong thing in the wrong place."
"To ‘pretend’ is to say that I’m willing to waste the precious energy that it takes to pretend, and I’m unwilling to cultivate the bravery that it takes to be real. And I am at a complete loss to pretend that either of these aren’t true."
"Because I have ‘chosen’ to see something as impossible, there’s a good chance that it’s not."
"My prayer is that God would continue to love me enough to refuse to answer the prayers I'm praying that I shouldn't be praying."
"The only reason I can’t jump in and engage life is that I’ve told myself I can’t. Yet I can’t helping wondering would happen if I told myself I could?"
"If you think you can stand to know what you’re made of, try kneeling before God."