“Because…” Gabriel closed his eyes to his truth. Because the premise that a child must be threatened with harm to earn God’s blessing is no longer acceptable to me; because that smug face cannot be the face of my God; because a rejecting and shaming God is a God of men created by men to serve the agendas of men; because I couldn’t find any stained glass window maker who is able to capture the face of the God I want to see—the God of hope, of compassion, of acceptance.” GodReligionHopeCompassionSacrificeAcceptance Book:Just Life Source: Just Life
“I was raised to believe that God speaks in the language of sacrifice," he told me, "You are expected to sacrifice because it is the measure of the depth of your belief...” BeliefReligiousGriefSacrifice Author:Neil Abramson
“I've seen too much sacrifice to believe that God is behind all of it, and I've seen sacrifice that has no indicia of the hand of God at all. Loss is not always part of some greater plan explainable by reference to the actions of a divine being with a divine purpose.” BelieveHandsActionPurposeLossBehindsGreaterToo MuchPlansSacrificeDivineHands Of GodDivine Purpose Author:Neil Abramson
