Honest Tea
"When I get honest, I admit I am a bundle of paradoxes. I believe and I doubt, I hope and I get discouraged, I love and I hate, I feel bad about feeling good, I feel guilty about not feeling guilty. I am trusting and suspicious. I am honest and I still play games. Aristole said I am a rational animal; I say I am an angel with an incredible capacity for beer.'' - Brennan Manning
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Is that from the ragamuffin gospel? That was one of the first books I read when Ii became a christian.
He also said: "The best definition of faith I ever heard was Paul Tillich when he said, 'Faith is the courage to accept acceptance.'"
Meaning? Faith is a code to accept that Jesus knows my whole life story, every skeleton in my closet, every moment of sin, shame, dishonesty, degradedness darkening my past. Right now he knows my shallow faith, my feeble prayer life, my inconsistent discipleship, and he comes beside me and he says, I dare you to trust. I dare you to trust that I love you, just as you are and not as you should be, because you're never going to be as you should be."
haha i'm at work right now. booorred. how come wayne doesn't post. tell wayne i want him to post dangit.
that is one of my favorite brennan quotes. I have many many many though.
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