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More Quotes by Eugene H. Peterson
Pity can be nearsighted and condescending; shared suffering can be dignifying and life-changing.
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.
The word 'christian' means different things to different people. To one person it means a stiff, upright, inflexible way of life, colorless and unbending. To another it means a risky, surprised-filled adventure, lived tiptoe at the edge of expectation...If we get our information from the biblical material, there is no doubt that the Christian life is a dancing, leaping, daring life.
Sloth is most often evidenced in busyness ... in frantic running around, trying to be everything to everyone, and then having no time to listen or pray, no time to become the person who is doing these things.
Waiting means going about our assigned tasks, confident that God will provide the meaning and the conclusions.
If you don't take a Sabbath, something is wrong. You're doing too much, you're being too much in charge. You've got to quit, one day a week, and just watch what God is doing when you're not doing anything.
My job is not to solve people's problems or make them happy, but to help them see the grace operating in their lives.
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.
I will not try to run my own life or the lives of others; that is God's business.
When we sin and mess up our lives, we find that God doesn't go off and leave us- he enters into our trouble and saves us.
