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snyderly reblogged this from mindylou213 and added:
I need more reminders of this. And how to do this even as a parent.
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…in truth there is no greater power on the planet than self-sacrificial love. Coming under others has a power to do what laws and bullets and bombs can never do—namely, bring about transformation in an enemy’s heart.
~ p. 32, The Myth of a Christian Nation, by Greg Boyd
Should our goal as Christians be to get people to behave in the right way, or to see people’s hearts transformed? Are there ways in which you try to control someone’s behavior when you could instead facilitate transformation by loving them?
Sixpence None the Richer has a lyric: "My thoughts were like willow branches caught in autumn winds." That is a perfect description of my brain. This blog is where I get those thoughts out of my head and into the world.
