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mistakes are a part of life, and Papa works her purpose in them too.

William P. Young

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William P. Young
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: May 11
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William Paul Young
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The intricacy and the inherent beautiful fragility of the human soul is such that it is uniquely damaged and only God knows how to heal it, and it's going to take time.
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those who are afraid of freedom are those who cannot trust us to live in them. Trying to keep the law is actually a declaration of independence, a way of keeping control
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Love always leaves a significant mark.
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Image and appearance tell you little. The inside is bigger than the outside when you have the eyes to see.
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Trust is the fruit of a relationship in which you know you are loved.
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I had a very angry father and was disconnected from my family.
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Jesus picked up the conversation. As the crowning glory of creation, you were made in Our image, unencumbered by structure and free to simply 'be' in relationship with Me and one another. If you had trully learned to regard one another's concerns as significant as your own, there would be no need for hierarchy.
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Sin is its own punishment, devouring you from the inside.
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And when you learn, over the course of your life, that it's not about pleasing God, it's about learning how to trust God. That's a huge watershed, because trust is a whole different ballgame than appeasement or pleasing.
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You need boundaries... Even in our material creations, boundaries mark the most beautiful of places, between the ocean and the shore, between the mountains and the plains, where the canyon meets the river.
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Perhaps there is supranatural: reason beyond the normal definitions of fact or data-based logic something that only makes sense if you can see a bigger picture of reality. Maybe that is where faith fits in.
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The God of Evangelical Christianity is a Monster.
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It is not the nature of love to force a relationship, but it is the nature of love to open the way.
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The 'will to power and independence' has become so ubiquitous that it is now considered normal.
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I was raised in a tribal situation, among cannibal people.
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I think good creative writing opens up space for people to come into. Let God reach out and touch the human soul. That's not my job. I get to be present and create as much space as I can ... That frees me up just to be creative in the way I want to be.
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Pain has a way of clipping our wings and keeping us from being able to fly.
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Don't forget that in the midst of all your pain and heartache, you are surrounded by beauty, the wonder of creation, art, your music and culture, the sounds of laughter and love, of whispered hopes and celebrations, of new life and transformation, of reconciliation and forgiveness.
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The ability to choose is at the essential core of our grandeur. Even evil exists because God respects our ability to choose.
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You may have to declare your forgiveness a hundred times the first day and the second day, but the third day will be less and each day after, until one day you will realize that you have forgiven completely. And then one day you will pray for his wholeness and give him over to me so that my love will burn from his life every vestige of corruption.
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