“I have a word for you. I know your whole life story. I know every skeleton in your closet. I know every moment of sin, shame, dishonesty and degraded love that has darkened your past. Right now I know your shallow faith, your feeble prayer life, your inconsistent discipleship. And my word is this: I dare you to trust that I love you just as you are, and not as you should be. Because you’re never going to be as you should be.” KnowsShouldWholeMomentsStoriesPastPrayerSinLove YouRight NowShameDareWhole LifeOur PastShallowClosetsDiscipleshipYour PastDishonestyLife StorySkeletonsInconsistentPrayer Life Author:Brennan Manning
“As you become an adult, shame gets introduced and reintroduced constantly to you. So where something that, to a child, just is what it is - you know, your father's violent but he loves you and that's just the way it is - later on you realize that this is like different, shameful, blah blah blah.” KnowsWayChildrenDifferentFatherRealizingLove YouAdultsShameViolentShamefulBlah Author:Justin Torres
“Shame is the feeling you have when you agree with the woman who loves you that you are the man she thinks you are.” ThinkingMenFeelingsLove YouShameAgree Author:Carl Sandburg
“Find you, love you, marry you, and live without shame.” Love YouShameAtonementRomantic Movie LoveRomance MovieRomantic Film Book:Atonement: The Shooting Script Source: Atonement: The Shooting Script