Memory is a giggling sprite and will not be tamed. She takes flight the moment the present becomes the past. Real Live Preacher More Quotes by Real Live Preacher More Quotes From Real Live Preacher God, I dont have great faith, but I can be faithful. My belief in you may be seasonal, but my faithfulness will not. I will follow in the way of Christ. I will act as though my life and the lives of others matter. I will love. I have no greater gift to offer than my life. Take it. Real Live Preacher Its not foresight or hindsight we need. We need sight, plain and simple. We need to see what is right in front of us. Real Live Preacher Fidelity to commitment in the face of doubts and fears is a very spiritual thing. Real Live Preacher Forgiveness does not always lead to a healed relationship. Some people are not capable of love, and it might be wise to let them go along with your anger. Wish them well, and let them go their way. Real Live Preacher Forgiveness is the healing of wounds caused by another. You choose to let go of a past wrong and no longer be hurt by it. Forgiveness is a strong move to make, like turning your shoulders sideways to walk quickly on a crowded sidewalk. It's your move. Real Live Preacher I dont think anyone can DO anything that would make him worthy of love. Love is a gift and cannot be earned. It can only be given. Real Live Preacher And so faith is closing your eyes and following the breath of your soul down to the bottom of life, where existence and nonexistence have merged into irrelevance. All that matters is the little part you play in the vast drama. Real Live Preacher It really doesnt matter if the person who hurt you deserves to be forgiven. Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself. You have things to do and you want to move on. Real Live Preacher Doubting God's existence is okay and perfectly acceptable within Christianity as long as the person doubting remains obedient and committed to the Christian path. Real Live Preacher EVERY path may lead you to God, even the weird ones. Most of us are on a journey. Were looking for something, though were not always sure what that is. The way is foggy much of the time. I suggest you slow down and follow some of the side roads that appear suddenly in the mist. Real Live Preacher I believe love is primarily a choice and only sometimes a feeling. If you want to feel love, choose to love and be patient. Real Live Preacher I have been truthful all along the way. The truth is more interesting, and if you tell the truth you never have to cover your tracks. Real Live Preacher I think people want their illusions and writers are mostly illusion. When you read their words, you read a flattened, incomplete version of the writer. Real Live Preacher Im searching through all that has ever been hoped, in praise of what can never be known. Real Live Preacher Im telling you, things are getting out of hand. Or maybe Im discovering that things were never in my hands. Real Live Preacher Integrity combined with faithfulness is a powerful force and worthy of great respect. Real Live Preacher Love the ones you can. Touch the ones you can reach. Let the others go. Real Live Preacher My life is the story of a man who always wants to carry too much. My spiritual quest is the painful process of learning to let go of things not essential. Real Live Preacher One thing is clear to me. You cant know everything youd like to know. You cant do everything youd like to do. You cant read everything youd like to read. You must hold onto some things and let go of others. Learning to make that choice is one of the big lessons of this life. Real Live Preacher The only comfort comes in thinking about how nice it was to know them, and how nice it was to brush against goodness for a season. Real Live Preacher
