William P. Young Quotes - Page 3

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• Each relationship between two persons is absolutely unique. That is why you cannot love two people the same. It simply is not possible. You love each person differently because of who they are and the uniqueness that they draw out of you.

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  Love, Unique, Two

  "The Shack". Book by William P. Young, May, 2007.

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• 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.

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  Giving, One Day, Each Day

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• 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.

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  Relationship, Hurt, Pain

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• 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.

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  Christian, Religious, Mean

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• And when you learn, over the course of your life, that it's not about pleasing God, it's about learning how to trust God. That's a huge watershed, because trust is a whole different ballgame than appeasement or pleasing.

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  Different, Trust In God, Appeasement

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• You are the root, and only God knows that the flower will be.

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  Flower, Roots, God Knows

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• I don't need to punish people for sin. Sin is its own punishment, devouring you from the inside. It's not my purpose to punish it; it's my joy to cure it.

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  Punishment, People, Joy

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• I'm trying to get far away from [picturing God as] Gandalf or Santa Claus.

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  God, Trying, Santa

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• Living unloved is like clipping a bird's wings and removing its ability to fly.

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  Wings, Bird, Shack

  "The Shack". Book by William P. Young, July 17, 2008.

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• I wrote a story for my kids. It's fiction. It's not systematic theology. It's not a new book of the Bible. It's flawed, I wrote it. All of that goes into the mix, but I love the controversy. It elevates the conversation.

  William P. Young

  Book, Kids, Fiction

  Interview with C.J. Darlington, Miriam Parker, Deena Peterson, Melissa J. Carswell, www.titletrakk.com.

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• Forgiveness does not create a relationship. Unless people speak the truth about what they have done and change their mind and behavior, a relationship of trust is not possible. When you forgive someone you certainly release them from judgment, but without true change, no real relationship can be established.

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  Real, People, Forgiving

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• Jesus was always challenging the dogma of religion. So, you know, it's not like I'm out there by myself.

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  Jesus, Challenges, Dogma

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• If a rainbow makes a sound, or a flower as it grows, that was the sound of her laughter.

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  Laughter, Flower, Laughing

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• Emotions talked to you before you had words, so listen to them ... they are often more honest than the mind's remarkable ability to self deceive.

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  Self, Mind, Emotion

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• I'm not an actual author but an accidental one.

  William P. Young

  Interview with C.J. Darlington, Miriam Parker, Deena Peterson, Melissa J. Carswell, www.titletrakk.com.

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• I was raised in a tribal situation, among cannibal people.

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  People, Situation, Raised

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• I'm an accidental writer.

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• mistakes are a part of life, and Papa works her purpose in them too.

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  Mistake, Papa, Purpose

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• Responsibilites and expectations are the basis of guilt and shame and judgement, and they provide the essential framework that promotes performance as the basis for identity and value.

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  Expectations, Judgement, Guilt

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• I don't want my kids growing up with the image of God that I had -- Plato's white grandfatherly god -- because that god is not a very good father. When it comes down to it, you can't trust him with your kids.

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  Growing Up, Plato, Father

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• You are a beautiful mess, you are the melody.

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  Beautiful, Beautiful Mess, Melody

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• So no, I’m not too big on religion...and not very fond of politics or economics either...And why should I be? They are the man-created trinity of terrors that ravages the earth and deceives those I care about. What mental turmoil and anxiety does any human face that is not related to one of those three?

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  Men, Anxiety, Care

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• Nothing in life is ritual.

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  Life Is, Ritual

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• I grew up fundamentalist, evangelical, Protestant. Those are my roots, and they are good roots. But it means the Pharisees are my people. I grew up with an image of God that was not helpful -- largely the face of my father expanded.

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  Father, Mean, Roots

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• Look at us human beings: it's so much easier to be right than to love.

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  Looks, Easier, Humans

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