“He hadn’t known, however, that happiness and sorrow were reverse sides of the same emotion. With the joy had also come an inroad for pain, for the greater one’s joy, the greater the capacity for sorrow. Hence, when painful tragedy had assailed him, it had come so suddenly that there had been no time for him to pull his protective shield around him. As his heart opened to the joy of love, so too he had become vulnerable to the devastation of loss and heartache. Now, the strength and determination he had possessed only a short time ago slowly drained from him. For all his confidence and reassuring words to Maggie, he wondered how he coul dgo on. Half his being and all his soul had disappeared over the horizon on that ship.”
“A father’s love is at the center of everything. It’s just that our earthly fathers don’t always reflect the love of their heavenly Father as God intended they should.”
“The healing of forgiveness begins in your own heart. Your father will have to answer to God for himself. And you are responsible for the attitudes in your heart. To draw close to Him, your heart must be clean. He alone can cleanse it, and the process begins with forgiveness.”
“God requires only what we are ready to give. You need only take a small step, as long as it is in the right direction. And He requires nothing of us that isn’t for our best, because He loves us so dearly. It is for your sake, and for the sake of the love He would shower upon you that He requires such a difficult thing from you.”
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