“Lies are a little fortress; inside them you can feel safe and powerful. Through your little fortress of lies you try to run your life and manipulate others. But the fortress needs walls, so you build some. These are the justifications for your lies. You know, like you are doing this to protect someone you love, to keep them from feeling pain. Whatever works, just so you feel okay about the lies.” KnowsNeedsFeelsTryingLittlesFeelingsRunningPainLyingPowerfulLike YouWallProtectSafeOkayJustificationManipulateOne You LoveSomeone You LoveFortressesWhatever WorksFeeling Pain Author:William P. Young
“It's always been you know, religion that has been the primary impediment to actual relationship with God, because it creates a mythology about performance -- that you can perform your way into the appeasement of the deity. And you know, when you're born inside the cultural framework that I was, and you're born inside the religious traditions that I was, that becomes your understanding of spirituality: That it's about trying to please God. So, it's really not about God at all; it's about our ability to perform according to whatever the expectations are.” KnowsWayTryingHas BeensReligionSpiritualityUnderstandingBornReligiousAbilityPleaseExpectationsTraditionPerformancesMythologyPrimariesDeitiesFrameworkRelationship With GodImpedimentsReligious TraditionsAppeasement Author:William P. Young
“The intricacy and the inherent beautiful fragility of the human soul is such that it is uniquely damaged and only God knows how to heal it, and it's going to take time.” KnowsHumansSoulBeautifulKnow HowHealTake TimeInherentGod KnowsHuman SoulFragilityIntricacyOnly God Knows Author:William P. Young
“I make a distinction between true and real. I think that the story is true, it’s just not real. That’s what a parable is. It takes things that we all know are real, and it takes life events that actually happens, and it weaves them into a fiction that allows truth to actually be embedded.” ThinkingKnowsRealStoriesHappensFictionEventsDistinctionEmbeddedParables Author:William P. Young
“Jesus was always challenging the dogma of religion. So, you know, it's not like I'm out there by myself.” KnowsJesusChallengesDogma Author:William P. Young
“You are the root, and only God knows that the flower will be.” KnowsFlowerRootsGod KnowsOnly God Knows Author:William P. Young
“Today's minor irritations may become tomorrow's treasured memories. We often don't know what we are missing, until it's missing.” KnowsMayTodayMemoriesMissingTomorrowMinorsIrritationTreasured Author:William P. Young
“It is my desire and intent to trust the multi-layered good purposes of God than in what humans fabricate out of their need and experience. I specifically ask not to know these purposes so that I might remain a child in their unfolding.” KnowsNeedsHumansChildrenMightDesirePurposeAsksUnfoldingFabricatePurpose Of God Author:William P. Young
“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!” KnowsLongMatterDreamSeemsLife IsJoySpiritFatherJesusInterestLosesPerfectVisionGraceMinutesAdventureHolyOne DayLong TimeDiedHoly SpiritAspirationAppropriateLong Time AgoStinkNothing To LoseLife Is An AdventureOne Day At A TimeVisions And DreamsRelationships And LifeWastefulness Author:William P. Young
“Trust is the fruit of a relationship in which you know you are loved.” KnowsRelationshipFruitShackShack Book Author:William P. Young
“It's quite simple really. Being always transcends appearance-that which only seems to be. Once you begin to know the being behind the very pretty or very ugly face, as determined by your bias, the surface appearances fade away until they simple no longer matter. That is why Elousia is such a wonderful name. God, who is the ground of all being, dwells in, around, and through all things-ultimately emerging as the real-and appearances that mask that reality will fall away.” KnowsRealMatterRealitySeemsFacesFallNamesSimpleBehindsWonderfulAll ThingsAppearanceUglyDeterminedSurfaceMaskFadesBiasEmergingFade AwayUgly Face Author:William P. Young
“Jesus?" he whispered as his voice choked "I feel so lost" A hand reached out and squeezed his, and didn't let go. "I know Mack. But it's not true. I am with you and I'm not lost. I'm sorry it feels that way, but hear me clearly. You are not lost.” KnowsWayFeelsHandsJesusLostVoiceLetting GoSorryI'm SorryMack Author:William P. Young
“religion is about having the right answers, and some of their answers are right... but i am about the process that takes you to the living answer... it will change you from the inside. there are a lot of smart people who are able to say a lot of right things from their brain because they have been told what the right answers are, but they don't know me at all.” PeopleKnowsHas BeensAbleProcessAnswersBrainSmartRight ThingKnow MeSmart PeopleRight AnswersShackShack Book Author:William P. Young
“I suppose that since most of our hurts come through relationships so will our healing, and I know that grace rarely makes sense for those looking in from the outside.” KnowsPainHurtHealingGraceRelationshipMake SenseShackInspirational RelationshipShack Book Author:William P. Young
“Mackenzie, you cannot produce trust, just as you cannot 'do' humility. It either is or is not. Trust is the fruit of a relationship in which you know you are loved. Because you do not know that I love you, you cannot trust me.” KnowsLove YouProduceHumilityFruitTrust MeShack Author:William P. Young
“"So, why do I have so much fear in my life?" "Because you don't believe. You don't know that we love you. The person who lives by his fears will not find freedom in my love. I am not talking about rational fears regarding legitimate dangers, but imagined fears, and especially the projection of those into the future. To the degree that those fears have a place in your life, you neither believe that I am good not know deep in your heart that I love you. You sing about it, you talk about it, but you don't know it."” KnowsBelieveHeartPersonsTalkingLove YouDangerDegreesDon't BelieveRationalLive ByProjectionNot TalkingPlaces In Your Life 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
