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To affirm a person is to see the good in them that they cannot see in themselves and to repeat it in spite of appearances to the contrary. Please, this is not some Pollyanna optimism that is blind to the reality of evil, but rather like a fine radar system that is tuned in to the true, the good, and the beautiful.

— Brennan Manning The Furious Longing of God (2009)

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The tragedy is that our attention centers on what people are not, rather than on what they are and who they might become.

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I have been seized by the power of a great affection.

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Faithfulness requires the courage to risk everything on Jesus, the willingness to keep growing, and the readiness to risk failure throughout our lives.

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Those who have the disease called Jesus will never be cured.

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