“When all of our idols are taken away, all our securities and defense mechanisms, we find out who we really are. We’re so little, so poor, so emptyand a shock to ourselves. But the Biblical God takes away our shame, and we are eventually able to present ourselves in an honest and humble form. Then we find out who we really are and who God is for usand it is more than enough. That is how an enslaved people became God’s people, Israel.” PeopleLittlesEnoughAbleFormPoorTakenHonestSecurityShameIsraelHumbleDefenseShockIdolsMechanismBiblicalWho God IsDefense Mechanisms Author:Aaron Lines
“You don't need the painful memories, because either you've resolved them. Denying always makes them want to come back. Denial is a mechanism that doesn't work. But allowing them to come back in little by little, those memories, you can begin to be quite comfortable with them, and it's even nice to have that as part of the map of your life.” WantNeedsLittlesMemoriesNiceComfortablePainfulDenialMapsAllowingMechanismPainful Memories Author:Charlotte Rampling
“A little more grace, a motive made pure, a few truths tenderly told, a heart softened, a character subdued, a life consecrated, would restore the right action of the mental mechanism, and make manifest the movement of body and soul in accord with God.” HeartLittlesMadeSoulCharacterBodyActionGraceMovementPureMotiveManifestMechanismAccordRight Action Book:The Christian Science Journal Source: The Christian Science Journal