“It seems like -- especially in religious circles and Christian circles, we want to first talk about the things we're opposed to. That means we have to categorize that person. We can call them emergent or neo orthodox or someone who feminizes scripture. There's the category, let's stick them in the category then just blow up the box and him along with it.” WantFirstsMeanPersonsSeemsChristianReligiousSticksBlowBoxesScriptureCirclesOrthodoxCategories Author:William P. Young
“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!” MenWorldInspirationalFirstsHumansHeartChildrenStillsKidsPainSufferingHuman BeingsWorstBrokenPeriodsMoralityHarmRageInnocentServingRelativeFacilityBroken Man Author:William P. Young
“"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."” IfsWayFirstsAblePainLeftForgetWingsShackShack Book Author:William P. Young
“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.” IfsThinkingKnowsMenWantFirstsCarePainJoyAbilityGoneCuttingAliveBurdenReleaseAcknowledgeCarrieTormentAbility To Love Author:William P. Young
“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.” GivingFirstsMayRealizingPrayingOne DayHundredThirdsCorruptionEach DayWholenessForgivenShack Book Author:William P. Young
“I often find that getting head issues out of the way first makes the heart stuff easier to work on later.” WayFirstsHeartStuffIssuesEasier Author:William P. Young
“Most birds were created to fly. Being grounded for them is a limitation within their ability to fly, not the other way around. You, on the other hand, 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 wings and removing its ability to fly. Not something I want for you. Pain has a way of clipping our wings and keeping us from being able to fly. And if left unresolved for very long, you can almost forget that you were ever created to fly in the first place.” IfsWayWantFirstsLongHandsAblePainLeftAbilityForgetBirdWingsLimitationGroundedUnlovedShackShack Book Author:William P. Young
