William P. Young Quotes - Page 5

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• I am especially fond of you.

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• If you and I are friends, there is an expectancy that exists within our relationship. When we see each other or are apart, there is an expectancy of being together, of laughing and talking. The expectancy has no concrete definition; it is alive and dynamic and everything that emerges from our being together is a unique gift shared by no one else.

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  Unique, Talking, Laughing

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• Women, in general, will find it difficult to turn from a man and stop demanding that he meets their needs, provides security, and protects their identity, and return to me. Men, in general, find it very hard to turn from the works of their hands, their own quests for power and security and significance, and turn to me.

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  Men, Hands, Identity

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• Authority, as you usually think of it, is merely the excuse the strong use to make others conform to what they want.

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  Strong, Thinking, Use

  "The Shack". Book by William P. Young, May, 2007.

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• The 'will to power and independence' has become so ubiquitous that it is now considered normal.

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  Independence, Normal, Will Power

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• "Pain has a way of clipping our wings and keeping us from being able to fly"... "And if left unresolved you can almost forget that you were ever created to fly in the first place."

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  Pain, Wings, Able

  "The Shack". Book by William P. Young, May, 2007.

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• You... were created to be loved. So for you to live as if you were unloved is a limitation, not the other way around... Living unloved is like clipping a bird's wing and removing its ability to fly... A bird is not defined by being grounded but by his ability to fly. Remember this, humans are defined not by their limitations, but by the intentions I have for them; not by what they seem to be, but by everything it means to be created in my image. Love is NOT the limitation; love is the flying. I AM love.

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  Mean, Love Is, Wings

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• It is so easy to get sucked into the if-only game, and playing it is a short and slippery slide into despair.

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  Games, Despair, Slides

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• It is remarkable how a seemingly insignificant action or event can change entire lives.

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  Events, Action, Remarkable

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• The world in many ways would be a much calmer and gentler place if women ruled. There would have been fewer children sacrificed to the gods of greed and power.

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  Children, Greed, Would Be

  "The Shack". Book by William P. Young, May, 2007.

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• Why do children love to hide and seek? Ask any person who has a passion to explore and discover and create. The choice to hide so many wonders from you is an act of love that is a gift inside the process of life.

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  Children, Passion, Choices

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• Truth will set you free. And Truth has a name.

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  Truth Will Set You Free, Names

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• I often find that getting head issues out of the way first makes the heart stuff easier to work on later.

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  Heart, Issues, Stuff

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• I have moments that aren't too bad, but there's always something I'm struggling with, or feeling guilty about. I just figured I needed to try harder, but I find it difficult to sustain that motivation.

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  Motivation, Struggle, Feelings

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• I am what some would say 'holy, and wholly other than you.' The problem is that many folks try to grasp some sense of who I am by taking the best version of themselves, projecting that to the nth degree, factoring in all the goodness they can perceive, which often isn't much, and then call that God. And while it may seem like a noble effort, the truth is that it falls pitifully short of who I really am. I'm not merely the best version of you that you can think of. I am far more than that, above and beyond all that you can ask or think.

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  Fall, Thinking, Who I Am

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• If anything matters, then everything matters.

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  Matter, Shack, Shack Book

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• The Gospel is a declaration of something totally finished apart from our agreement or vote. Inside that declaration is an ongoing and relentless invitation to deepening relationship but any lack of belief or participation on our part has no power to negate the accomplished truth of that declaration.

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  Agreement, Ongoing, Belief

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• But, enough of that for now. Let’s get lost again in the starry night.

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  Night, Enough, Lost

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• The enemy of a writer is not controversy but obscurity.

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  Enemy, Obscurity, Controversy

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• Something in the heart of most human beings simply cannot abide pain inflicted on the innocent, especially children. Even broken men serving in the worst correctional facilities will often first take out their own rage on those who have caused suffering to children. Even in such a world of relative morality, causing harm to a child is still considered absolutely wrong. Period!

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  Inspirational, Children, Pain

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• Let me say for now that we knew once the Creation was broken, true fathering would be much more lacking than mothering. Don't misunderstand me, both are needed- but an emphasis on fathering is necessary because of the enormity of its absence

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  Father, Parenting, Broken

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• I think good creative writing opens up space for people to come into. Let God reach out and touch the human soul. That's not my job. I get to be present and create as much space as I can ... That frees me up just to be creative in the way I want to be.

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  Letting Go, Jobs, Writing

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• Today's minor irritations may become tomorrow's treasured memories. We often don't know what we are missing, until it's missing.

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  Memories, Irritation, Missing

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• There is only one race ... and it is human!

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  Race, Humans

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• For me, everything is about Jesus and Father and the Holy Spirit, and relationships, and life is an adventure of faith lived one day at a time. Any aspirations, visions and dreams died a long time ago and I have absolutely no interest in resurrecting them (they would stink by now anyway). I have finally figured out that I have nothing to lose by living a life of faith. I know more joy every minute of every day than seems appropriate, but I love the wastefulness of my Father's grace and presence. For me, everything in my life that matters, is perfect!

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  Dream, Jesus, Father

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