The Ragamuffin Who Sees His Life As

And Grace Calls Out, 'you Are Not Just A Disillusioned Old Man Who May Die Soon, A Middle-aged Woman Stuck In A Job And Desperately Wanting To Get Out, A Young Person Feeling The Fire In The Belly Begin To Grow Cold. You May Be Insecure, Inadequate, Mistaken Or Potbellied. Death, Panic, Depression, And Disillusionment May Be Near You. But You Are Not Just That. You Are Accepted.' Never Confuse Your Perception Of Yourself With The Mystery That You Really Are Accepted.

God Not Only Loves Me As I Am, But Also Knows Me As I Am. Because Of This I Don't Need To Apply Spiritual Cosmetics To Make Myself Presentable To Him. I Can Accept Ownership Of My Poverty And Powerlessness And Neediness.

In Essence, There Is Only One Thing God Asks Of Us - That We Be Men And Women Of Prayer, People For Whom God Is Everything And For Whom God Is Enough. That Is The Root Of Peace. We Have That Peace When The Gracious God Is All We Seek. When We Start Seeking Something Besides Him, We Lose It.

The Spirituality Of Wonder Knows The World Is Charged With Grace, That While Sin And War, Disease And Death Are Terribly Real, God's Loving Presence And Power In Our Midst Are Even More Real.

Genuine Self-acceptance Is Not Derived From The Power Of Positive Thinking, Mind Games Or Pop Psychology. It Is An Act Of Faith In The God Of Grace.