As I skimmed some past journal entries I noticed a few lines that were either circled underlined, or both. Here are a few that impacted me a second time. I don’t remember where they came from, but I know they are great thoughts. I hope to add some content to each of these ideas in the coming weeks.
You can’t have a true relationship with people you are trying to control…
Control is about fear. Intimacy is about risk…
Jesus said come follow me…an invitation to take a risk and enter into an intimate relationship with Christ.
Transition…
The opposite of addiction is not sobriety…its connection….
Even when we know the truth – death is always difficult…
Mentoring is 75 percent listening 20 percent asking good questions and 5 percent sharing personal experience…
The root of sin is control and the desire to control is fear…