For The Soul To Be Well, It

When I Repent, Here Is Where It Starts. I Try To Name My Sin As Honestly And As Specifically As Possible. Here Is What Repenting Is Not. It Is Not Excusing My Sin, Minimizing My Sin, It's Not Rationalizing My Sin ... Repentance Is Getting Painfully Honest With God.

Make Your Life About Something Bigger Than Your Life.

Low Self-esteem Causes Me To Believe That I Have So Little Worth That My Response Does Not Matter. With Repentance, However, I Understand That Being Worth So Much To God Is Why My Response Is So Important. Repentance Is Remedial Work To Mend Our Minds And Hearts, Which Get Bent By Sin.

I Am Disappointed With Myself. I Am Disappointed Not So Much With The Particular Things I Have Done As With The Aspects Of Who I Have Become. I Have A Nagging Sense That All Is Not As It Should Be.

There Is Such A Love, A Love That Creates Value In What Is Loved. There Is A Love That Turns Rag Dolls Into Priceless Treasures. There Is A Love That Fastens Itself Onto Ragged Little Creatures, For Reasons That No One Could Ever Quite Figure Out, And Makes Them Precious And Valued Beyond Calculation. This Is Love Beyond Reason. This Is The Love Of God.