"Now -- here is my secret:
I tell it to you with an openness of heart that I doubt I shall ever achieve again, so I pray that you are in a quiet room as you hear these words. My secret is that I need God -- that I am sick and can no longer make it alone. I need God to help me give, because I no longer seem to be capable of giving; to help me be kind, as I no longer seem capable of kindness; to help me love, as I seem beyond being able to love."
The depths of my soul shout in agreement. Even when I feel very far from Him, I know deep down that I need Him; that I will never not be able to live apart from Him. He is the only thing that makes sense of this awful world I live in and I can find strength only in Him.
3 comments:
Ahhh I'm with you Tex, the one thing I do know and understand about myself is that I can't do life alone. I always fail the expectations I and others give me...almost every time. But the only expectations I need to live up to are the ones God gives, and that is only to surrender to Him. :)
This speaks to me from the depths. Thank you for sharing and I am looking for the book you referred to. I looked for the high-life on my own and became a low-life. And apart from a life in Christ that's all I could ever be. I am learning to begin again in Him....I like what I am becoming. What really is life without him? Look at mine over the past years and you'll see...not pretty. Again, thanks for sharing.
eh, very good.
that quote is in "whats so amazing about grace" soo good.
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