Without Exposure To Potential Failure, There Is

Do You Believe That The God Of Jesus Loves You Beyond Worthiness And Unworthiness, Beyond Fidelity And Infidelity—that He Loves You In The Morning Sun And In The Evening Rain—that He Loves You When Your Intellect Denies It, Your Emotions Refuse It, Your Whole Being Rejects It. Do You Believe That God Loves Without Condition Or Reservation And Loves You This Moment As You Are And Not As You Should Be.

We Must Go Out Into A Desert Of Some Kind (your Backyard Will Do) And Come Into A Personal Experience Of The Awesome Love Of God.

In Love's Service, Only Wounded Soldiers Can Serve.

Rome Is Burning, Jesus Says. Drop Your Fiddle, Change Your Life And Come To Me. Let Go Of The Good Days That Never Were - A Regimented Church You Never Attended, Traditional Virtues You Never Practiced, Legalistic Obedience You Never Honored, And A Sterile Orthodoxy You Never Accepted. The Old Era Is Done. The Decisive Inbreak Of God Has Happened.

As We Come To Grips With Our Own Selfishness And Stupidity, We Make Friends With The Impostor And Accept That We Are Impoverished And Broken And Realize That, If We Were Not, We Would Be God. The Art Of Gentleness Toward Ourselves Leads To Being Gentle With Others -- And Is A Natural Prerequisite For Our Presence To God In Prayer.