You are free to love without an agenda William P. Young More Quotes by William P. Young More Quotes From William P. Young You have to take the time to prepare the soil if you want to embrace the seed. William P. Young embrace soil want Perhaps there is supranatural: reason beyond the normal definitions of fact or data-based logic; something that only makes sense if you can see a bigger picture of reality. Maybe that is where faith fits in. William P. Young data normal reality Submission is not about authority and it is not obedience; it is all about relationships of love and respect. William P. Young love-and-respect obedience relationship "So, why do I have so much fear in my life?" "Because you don't believe. You don't know that we love you. The person who lives by his fears will not find freedom in my love. I am not talking about rational fears regarding legitimate dangers, but imagined fears, and especially the projection of those into the future. To the degree that those fears have a place in your life, you neither believe that I am good not know deep in your heart that I love you. You sing about it, you talk about it, but you don't know it." William P. Young love-you heart believe those who are afraid of freedom are those who cannot trust us to live in them. Trying to keep the law is actually a declaration of independence, a way of keeping control William P. Young independence law trying Love is not the limitation; love is the flying. William P. Young shack-book flying love-is Forgiveness in no way requires that you trust the one you forgive. William P. Young forgiveness forgiving way Life takes a bit of time and a lot of relationship. William P. Young shack-book shack relationship Don't forget that in the midst of all your pain and heartache, you are surrounded by beauty, the wonder of creation, art, your music and culture, the sounds of laughter and love, of whispered hopes and celebrations, of new life and transformation, of reconciliation and forgiveness. William P. Young laughter pain art Mack was getting frustrated. He spoke louder, 'But, don't I have a right to...' To complete a sentence without being interrupted? Not in reality. But as long as you think you do, you will surely get ticked off when someone cuts you off, even if it is God. William P. Young cutting reality thinking We've created a theology in the West of a God who is fundamentally self-centered. The imagery of God as distant, unapproachable, unreachable -- that's not a God who is relational. It is a God that gets to declare or judge when he gets pissed off. But there is no basis for love and relationships if God is a fundamentally self-centered being. William P. Young pissed-off judging self You cannot heal yourself. You cannot heal anybody else. We're designed to do this in community because we were created inside community for community by community. William P. Young heal community I think one of the greatest losses to humanity was the domination of women. I think every religious system has found ways to be kind to them in a kind of subordinate way. Very patronizing, very colonial. But if you start looking at the fabric of society, even religious systems, they would fall apart if it wasn't for the embedded ability of the women who are involved. William P. Young women religious fall Jesus?" he whispered as his voice choked "I feel so lost" A hand reached out and squeezed his, and didn't let go. "I know Mack. But it's not true. I am with you and I'm not lost. I'm sorry it feels that way, but hear me clearly. You are not lost. William P. Young sorry letting-go jesus Love is much stronger than your fault could ever be. William P. Young stronger faults love-is ...humans are not defined by their limitations, but by the intentions that I have for them; not by what they seem to be, but by everything it means to be created in my image. William P. Young shack intention mean Relationships are never about power, and one way to avoid the will to hold power over another is to chose to limit to onself - to serve. Humans often do this - in touching the infirm and sick, in serving the ones whos minds have left to wander, in relation to the poor, in loving the very old and the very young, or even in caring for the others who has assumed a position of power over them. William P. Young position-of-power sick caring Transformation without work and pain, without suffering, without a sense of loss is just an illusion of true change. William P. Young pain suffering loss You may have to declare your forgiveness a hundred times the first day and the second day, but the third day will be less and each day after, until one day you will realize that you have forgiven completely. And then one day you will pray for his wholeness and give him over to me so that my love will burn from his life every vestige of corruption. William P. Young one-day each-day giving Forgiveness is first for you, the forgiver...to release you from something that will eat you alive; that will destroy your joy and your ability to love fully and openly. Do you think this man cares about the pain and torment you have gone through? If anything, he feeds on that knowledge. Don't you want to cut that off? And in doing so, you'll release him from a burden that he carries whether he knows it or not--acknowledges it or not. William P. Young cutting pain men
