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1 " You've asked enough questions about evil. But you never asked once about love." So I asked him to tell me about it, but of course his definition lay beyond words. He just went on sitting with me in the dark and taking the weight of my pain. "
2 " Things were good. He had things to look forward to. That, for now, was to be his definition of living - to always have a thing to look forward to. "
3 " You don't have to let his definition of success be yours "
― Jody Hedlund , Unending Devotion (Michigan Brides, #1)
4 " Family is the one human institution we have no choice over. We get in simply by being born, and as a result we are involuntarily thrown together with a menagerie of strange and unlike people. Church calls for another step: to voluntarily choose to band together with a strange menagerie because of a common bond in Jesus Christ. I have found that such a community more resembles a family than any other human institution. Henri Nouwen once defined a community as “a place where the person you least want to live with always lives.” His definition applies equally to the group that gathers each Thanksgiving and the group that congregates each Sunday morning. (p. 64-65, Church: Why Bother?) "
― Philip Yancey , Church: Why Bother?: My Personal Pilgrimage (Growing Deeper)
5 " God’s definition of going well is unique, distinct, almost eccentric. His definition of wellness is not about health, finances, or job security. It’s not about unfailing protection from the vagaries and dangers of a broken world. It’s not about life being fair. It’s about acceptance. "
― Mark Buchanan , Your God Is Too Safe: Rediscovering the Wonder of a God You Can't Control
