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when I live in you, then together we can live through everything that happens to you.

William P. Young

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William P. Young
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: May 11
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William Young
William Paul Young
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Because you continue to inhabit and believe your metaphors, you cannot see what is true.
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Grace doesn't depend on suffering to exist, but where there is suffering you will find grace in many facets and colors.
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So no, I’m not too big on religion...and not very fond of politics or economics either...And why should I be? They are the man-created trinity of terrors that ravages the earth and deceives those I care about. What mental turmoil and anxiety does any human face that is not related to one of those three?
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Pain has a way of clipping our wings and keeping us from being able to fly... And if left unresolved you can almost forget that you were ever created to fly in the first place.
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In some sense every parent does love their children. But some parents are too broken to love them well& others are barely able to love them at all.
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I am especially fond of you.
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Responsibilites and expectations are the basis of guilt and shame and judgement, and they provide the essential framework that promotes performance as the basis for identity and value.
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Thank goodness there are women in our lives -- that's all I can say. We get saved by the women in our lives.
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The Gospel is a declaration of something totally finished apart from our agreement or vote. Inside that declaration is an ongoing and relentless invitation to deepening relationship but any lack of belief or participation on our part has no power to negate the accomplished truth of that declaration.
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Living unloved is like clipping a bird's wings and removing its ability to fly.
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If a rainbow makes a sound, or a flower as it grows, that was the sound of her laughter.
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Love is much stronger than your fault could ever be.
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I grew up fundamentalist, evangelical, Protestant. Those are my roots, and they are good roots. But it means the Pharisees are my people. I grew up with an image of God that was not helpful -- largely the face of my father expanded.
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I have moments that aren't too bad, but there's always something I'm struggling with, or feeling guilty about. I just figured I needed to try harder, but I find it difficult to sustain that motivation.
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It is my desire and intent to trust the multi-layered good purposes of God than in what humans fabricate out of their need and experience. I specifically ask not to know these purposes so that I might remain a child in their unfolding.
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I'm trying to get far away from [picturing God as] Gandalf or Santa Claus.
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Anger is the right response to something that is so wrong. But don't let the anger and pain and loss you feel prevent you from forgiving him and removing your hands from around his neck.
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Jesus is not the 'founder of Christianity.
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Don't ever discount the wonder of your tears. They can be healing waters and a stream of joy. Sometimes they are the best words the heart can speak.
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Paradigms power perceptions, perceptions power emotions.
William P. Young