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The way of Jesus cannot be imposed or mapped — it requires an active participation in following Jesus as he leads us through sometimes strange and unfamiliar territory, in circumstances that become clear only in the hesitations and questionings, in the pauses and reflections where we engage in prayerful conversation with one another and with him.
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More Quotes by Eugene H. Peterson
Sabbath is that uncluttered time and space in which we can distance ourselves from our own activities enough to see what God is doing.
Worship does not satisfy our hunger for God; it whets our appetite.
The hard work of sowing seed in what looks like perfectly empty earth has a time of harvest. All suffering, pain, emptiness, disappointment is seed: sow it in God and He will, finally, bring a crop of joy from it.
Wisdom is the art of living skillfully in whatever actual conditions we find ourselves.
The only opportunity you will ever have to live by faith is in the circumstances you are provided this very day: this house you live in, this family you find yourself in, this job you have been given, the weather conditions that prevail at the ...moment.
Pity can be nearsighted and condescending; shared suffering can be dignifying and life-changing.
My job is not to solve people's problems or make them happy, but to help them see the grace operating in their lives.
The gospel is never about everybody else; it is always about you, about me. The gospel is never truth in general; it's always a truth in specific. The gospel is never a commentary on ideas or cultures or conditions; it's always about actual persons, actual pains, actual troubles, actual sin; you, me; who you are and what you've done; who I am and what I've done.
I will not try to run my own life or the lives of others; that is God's business.
One way to define spiritual life is getting so tired and fed up with yourself you go on to something better, which is following Jesus.
