The World is Quiet Here

Timely Thoughts of Encouragement and Hope

• “The hard part about forgiveness is that being offended gives me a sense of importance that the humility of forgiveness removes.  To truly forgive someone means that I let go of being better than the person who offended me.  It means letting go of being righteous in favor of being loving.  And it takes deep humility to do so.”
• “When we pray for those who hurt us, we experience what I call a ‘boomerang blessing’—it touches our target and then returns to us, hitting the exact place where we are most broken.  It becomes easier to breathe.  Our wounds begin to heal cleanly.  We are able to see our enemies with greater compassion.  Our hard hearts soften.  Regardless of the situation or the relationship, we are changed.”
• “We have an inborn need to love.  That broken people can help other broken people; that in the worst darkness, there’s light; that we can laugh about it too: That’s amazing.”
• “The journey of maturity moves from defensiveness to integrity, from fear of what others say about us to moral certitude, from isolation to connection and community.”