So, I've been re-reading "Soul Cravings" by Erwin Raphael McManus this week. Actually, I've been re-reading all the spots I had folded the page corner down or underlined something. I find this to be such an inspiring read... lots about God, connectedness, and hope... what more do we need?
Here are some of my favorites from the book:
"The more we live disconnected lives, the more we become indifferent to the well-being of others."
"God's love for us is never passive, but always passionate; and passion always leads to action."
"When we are full of hope, it's not because everything in the future is certain to us, but because the future itself is filled with promise... hope comes only from something we do not yet have, something we have not yet attained."
-Quoting Viktor Frankl, "He who has a why to live can bear with almost any how."
"When we live beneath our humanity, we become inhumane. When we live genuinely human lives, we become translucent reflections of divinity."
"Our brokenness is not proof that God could not or would not love us, but proof that what we need is the God who both created and loves us. What our souls long to become is not something other than human, but to become beautifully human."
"It's a troubling thing when your soul demands what your brain rejects. I guess if you think about it, if it wasn't for God, we might find ourselves capable of drowning in despair and thinking it was our natural habitat. Instead, we will always be haunted by this soul craving, this seemingly irrational need for hope."
I couldn't have said it any better... hope you are filled with hope and longing today... :)
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