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Sometimes the very things that break our hearts lead us home.
“When Jesus tells us about his Father, we distrust him . . . but when he confides to us that he is ‘acquainted with grief,’ we listen, for that also is an acquaintance of our own.” Emily Dickinson
“He was . . . a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.” Isaiah 53:3
If you saw yourself today with compassion and grace, would that be a big change?
“The Lord is compassionate and gracious. . . .” Psalm 103:8
“I am strongly of the opinion that 95% of us wish, deep down, that we were someone else.” Dr. Archibald Hart
What if we had eyes to see ourselves (and each other) the way a good parent sees his child – as if he were already whole and unmarred?
“I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened. . . .” Ephesians 1:18
“It is the image of God reflected in you that so enrages hell; it is this at which the demons hurl their mightiest weapons.” William Gurnall
When you have a friend who has the courage to point out your blind spots, you have a true friend.
Blind spot: an area where a person’s view is obstructed
“Faithful are the wounds of a friend. . . .” Proverbs 27:6
It’s hard to feel self-sufficient when you’re facing tough and painful circumstances, and that is a very good thing.
“Let me fly from myself and take refuge in Thee. . . . Let me distrust myself and put my trust in Thee.” St. Augustine
"[U]nder His wings you will find refuge. . . . You will not fear the terror of night or the arrow that flies by day. . . ." Psalm 91:4-5
If the unlovely things in the person beside you aren’t the real person, why not look deeper?
“If any one say, . . . ‘Can you deny that that person is unlovely?’ . . . I answer . . . ‘The thing that now makes you dislike him is separable from him . . . [and] makes him . . . so much less himself. . . .’” George Macdonald
“Why do you regard your brother with contempt?” Romans 14:10
