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Transformation without work and pain, without suffering, without a sense of loss is just an illusion of true change.

William P. Young

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William P. Young
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: May 11
Author
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William Young
William Paul Young
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Transformation
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Illusion
Loss
Suffering
Pain
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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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Love is much stronger than your fault could ever be.
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I wrote a story for my kids. It's fiction. It's not systematic theology. It's not a new book of the Bible. It's flawed, I wrote it. All of that goes into the mix, but I love the controversy. It elevates the conversation.
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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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...if anything matters then everything matters. Because you are important, everything you do is important. Every time you forgive, the universe changes every time you reach out and touch a heart or a life, the world changes with every kindness and service, seen or unseen, my purposes are accomplished and nothing will be the same again.
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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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Because you continue to inhabit and believe your metaphors, you cannot see what is true.
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I had a very angry father and was disconnected from my family.
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Lies are a little fortress inside them you can feel safe & powerful.
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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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Jesus was always challenging the dogma of religion. So, you know, it's not like I'm out there by myself.
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The arrival of the unforeseen reveals the depths of one's heart.
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Jesus? he whispered as his voice choked I feel so lost A hand reached out and squeezed his, and didn't let go. I know Mack. But it's not true. I am with you and I'm not lost. I'm sorry it feels that way, but hear me clearly. You are not lost.
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The soul is healed by being with children. --Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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It is so easy to get sucked into the if-only game, and playing it is a short and slippery slide into despair.
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mistakes are a part of life, and Papa works her purpose in them too.
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Emotions talked to you before you had words, so listen to them ... they are often more honest than the mind's remarkable ability to self deceive.
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But, enough of that for now. Let’s get lost again in the starry night.
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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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There is only one race ... and it is human!
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