It would be good to lose everything we have in order to discover the true value of things (or lack thereof). Only those who’ve experienced loss can be unafraid of it.
Every one of us needs to have our dreams die so we can learn our life does not subsist in them. Rather, they are the “trinkets” and “candies” of thought.
Once in every life, we must stand on our ideas, alone, to see that they are the things which drive the universe.
Every person needs an enemy. The fight makes the outcome more meaningful.
It is good to listen to someone else’s story as though it’s the only story we’ve ever heard. To be completely lost in someone else’s tale is the only way outside ourselves.
We need our hearts deeply broken so we can begin to wonder what it’s like to be God.
It is appointed unto each of us to die so we can know what living really is.
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From Orange
What we need is not another sermon or another program. Our education far exceeds our level of obedience. What we need is to have a rabid curiosity and fascination and deep companionship with people who are far from God.---Love it!!!
Mutual Fascination=Mutual Transformation
Christ calls to us...beckoning us to become like a child. It goes back to the Garden. Adam and Eve realize the are naked and are not okay with it. They are immediately aware of another's impression. What will they think of me? This is the original sin. Christ asks us to become a child. To return to the age of three, frolicking without any worry because you are okay with the world and the world is okay with you. This is the freedom we long to feel. This is the freedom Christ wishes for us. This is the last thing we pursue.
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