Define yourself radically as one beloved by God. This is the true self. Every other identity is illusion.
Brennan Manning
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Silent solitude makes true speech possible and personal. If I am not in touch with my own belovedness, then I cannot touch the sacredness of others. If I am estranged from myself, I am likewise a stranger to others.
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While the impostor draws his identity from past achievements and the adulation of others, the true self claims identity in its belovedness. We encounter God in the ordinariness of life: not in the search for spiritual highs and extraordinary, mystical experiences but in our simple presence in life.
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Our identity rests in God's relentless tenderness for us revealed in Jesus Christ.
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Live in the wisdom of accepted tenderness. Tenderness awakens within the security of knowing we are thoroughly and sincerely liked by someone.. Scripture suggests that the essence of the divine nature is compassion and that the heart of God is defined by tenderness.
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