Only reckless confidence in a Source greater than ourselves can empower us to forgive the woulds inflicted by others. Brennan Manning More Quotes by Brennan Manning More Quotes From Brennan Manning Everybody has a vocation to some form of life-work. However, behind that call (and deeper than any call), everybody has a vocation to be a person to be fully and deeply human in Christ Jesus. Brennan Manning positivelifejesus The splendor of a human heart that trusts it is loved unconditionally gives God more pleasure than Westminster Cathedral, the Sistine Chapel, Beethoven’s “Ninth Symphony”, Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers”, the sight of 10,000 butterflies in flight, or the scent of a million orchids in bloom. Trust is our gift back to God, and he finds it so enchanting that Jesus died for love of it. Brennan Manning butterflyheartjesus The engaged mind, illuminated by truth, awakens awareness; the engaged heart, affected by love, awakens passion. May I say once more - this essential energy of the soul is not an ecstatic trance, high emotion or a sanguine stance toward life: It is a fierce longing for God, an unyielding resolve to live in and out of our belovedness. - pg. 152 Brennan Manning passionheartlove Reality, truth, and Jesus Christ are incredibly open-ended Brennan Manning realityjesuschrist What makes a genius? The ability to see. To see what? The butterfly in a caterpillar, the eagle in an egg, the saint in a selfish person, life in death, unity in separation, God in the human and human in God and suffering as the form in which the incomprehensibility of God himself appears. Brennan Manning butterflyselfisheagles In explaining the growth of his faith, psychiatrist Gerald May writes, "I know that God is loving and that God’s loving is trustworthy. I know this directly, through the experience of my life. There have been plenty of times of doubt, especially when I used to believe that trusting God's goodness meant I would not be hurt. But having been hurt quite a bit, I know God's goodness goes deeper than all pleasure and pain it embraces them both." Ruthless Trust, pg 22 Brennan Manning painhurtbelieve The fierce words of Jesus addressed to the Pharisees of His day stretch across the bands of time. Today they are directed not only to fallen televangelists but to each of us. We miss Jesus' point entirely when we use His words as weapons against others. They are to be taken personally by each of us. This is the form and shape of Christian Pharisaism in our time. Hypocrisy is not hte prerogative of people in high places. The most impoverished among us is capable of it. Hypocrisy is the natural expression of what is meanest in us all. Brennan Manning takenchristianjesus I knew there was only one place to go. I sank down into the center of my soul, grew still, and listened to the Rabbi's heartbeat. Brennan Manning places-to-goheartbeatsoul Justification by grace through faith' is the theologian's learned phrase for what Chesterton once called 'the furious love of G-d.' He is not moody or capricious; He knows no seasons of change. He has a single relentless stance toward us: He loves us. He is the only G-d man has ever heard of who loves sinners. False gods- the gods of human manufacturing- despise sinners, but the Father of (Yeshua) loves all, no matter what they do. Brennan Manning gracemenfather Being the beloved is our identity, the core of our existence. It is not merely a lofty thought, an inspiring idea, or one name among many. It is the name by which God knows us and the way He relates to us Brennan Manning identitynamesideas Our huffing and puffing to impress God, our scrambling for brownie points, our thrashing about trying to fix ourselves while hiding our pettiness and wallowing in guilt are nauseating to God and are a flat denial of the gospel of grace. Brennan Manning guiltgracetrying We miss Jesus' point entirely when we use His words as weapons against others. Brennan Manning usemissingjesus The dominant characteristic of an authentic spiritual life is the gratitude that flows from trust Brennan Manning gratitudesufferingspiritual Do the truth quietly without display. Brennan Manning ragamuffin-gospeldisplay Jesus was victorious not because he never flinched, talked back, or questioned, but having flinched, talked back, and questioned, he remained faithful. Brennan Manning faithfuljesus No man can adequately reach and explain a single word of God with all his words Brennan Manning word-of-godsingle-wordmen The Word we study has to be the Word we pray. Brennan Manning ragamuffin-gospelstudypraying There is the "you" that people see and then there is the "rest of you". Take some time and craft a picture of the "rest of you." This could be a drawing, in words, even a song. Just remember that the chances are good it will be full of paradox and contradictions. Brennan Manning drawingsongpeople On the last day, Jesus will look us over not for medals, diplomas, or honors, but for scars. Brennan Manning religiouschristianjesus I've decided that if I had my life to live over again, I would not only climb more mountains, swim more rivers, and watch more sunsets; I wouldn't only jettison my hot water bottle, raincoat, umbrella, parachute, and raft; I would not only go barefoot earlier in the spring and stay out later in the fall; but I would devote not one more minute to monitoring my spiritual growth. No, not one. Brennan Manning spiritualspringfall
