We May Be Unlovely Yet We Are

Never Worry Alone. When Anxiety Grabs My Mind, It Is Self-perpetuating. Worrisome Thoughts Reproduce Faster Than Rabbits, So One Of The Most Powerful Ways To Stop The Spiral Of Worry Is Simply To Disclose My Worry To A Friend... The Simple Act Of Reassurance From Another Human Being [becomes] A Tool Of The Spirit To Cast Out Fear -- Because Peace And Fear Are Both Contagious.

Spiritual Formation Is For Everyone. Just As There Is An 'outer You' That Is Being Formed And Shaped All The Time, Like It Or Not, By Accident Or On Purpose, So There Is An 'inner You.' You Have A Spirit. And It's Constantly Being Shaped And Tugged At: By What You Hear And Watch And Say And Read And Think And Experience.

The Bible Does Not Say You Are God’s Appliance; It Says You Are His Masterpiece. Appliances Get Mass-produced.

I Am Disappointed With Myself. I Am Disappointed Not So Much With The Particular Things I Have Done As With The Aspects Of Who I Have Become. I Have A Nagging Sense That All Is Not As It Should Be.

It May Be A Very Bad Thing That I Needed God To Die For Me, But It Is A Wonderful Thing That God Thinks I Am Worth Dying For.