February 05, 2008

Wallowing...

"Wallowing in shame, remorse, self-hatred, and guilt over real or imagined failings in our past lives betrays a distrust in the love of God. It shows that we have not accepted the acceptance of Jesus Christ and thus have rejected the total sufficiency of His redeeming work. Preoccupation with our past sins, present weaknesses, and character defects gets our emotions churning in self-destructive ways, closes us within the mighty citadel of self, preempts the presence of a compassionate God."

-Brennan Manning, Ruthless Trust

Feb 5, 2008 6:03:11 AM | wisdom

4 Comments

Aaron Stewart

The timing of you posting this could not have been better.

Posted by: Aaron Stewart | February 05, 2008 at 08:44 AM

carl

Great quote!

Posted by: carl | February 05, 2008 at 08:51 AM

jeannie

ditto what aaron said.

Posted by: jeannie | February 05, 2008 at 10:06 AM

Tara

Bob, one of the reasons I check your blog every day is for the little nuggets of truth (like this Manning quote). Thanks for that, and for your twitter updates. They make me chuckle.

Posted by: Tara | February 05, 2008 at 11:43 AM

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