love

This book is absolutely incredible...in so many words, it is simple yet life-changing. this is a book where any and everyone can relate. bob goff uses simple life stories to share in the most creative ways how he has experienced and shared the love of God. over the past couple of weeks, i am more and more grateful of God's faithfulness...as my Savior, Redeemer, and Father. He accepts me no matter who i am, what i've done, whatever i bring Him- all of the brokenness, fragments, "stuff". and He loves and uses me and works in me no matter the season of life i may be going through. even though i don't want to give away all of what the book is about or big chunks of the book, i wanted to write out some of the quotes i found so good-

"that's because love is never stationary. in the end, love doesn't just keep thinking about it or keep planning for it. simply put: love does".

"what i learned from randy changed my view permanently about what it meant to have a friendship with Jesus. i learned that faith isn't about knowing all of the right stuff or obeying a list of rules. it's something more, something more costly because it involves being present and making a sacrifice...love does".

"being engaged is a way of doing life, a way of living and loving. it's about going to extremes and expressing the bright hope that life offers us, a hope that makes us brave and expels darkness with light. that's what i want my life to be all about- full of abandon, whimsy, and in love. i want to be engaged to life and with life".

"i've learned that God sometimes allows us to find ourselves in a place where we want something so bad that we can't see past it. sometimes we can't see God because of it. when we want something that bad, it's easy to mistake what we truly need for the thing we really want...while painful at the time, i can see now many years later when i look in the rearview mirror of my life, evidence of God's tremendous love and unfolding adventure for me".

"that's what love does- it pursues blindly, unflinchingly, and without end. when you go after something you love, you'll do anything it takes to get it, even if it costs everything".

Everyone needs to read this book! i highly recommend it.