This is the second book I've read by Anne, while a little unconvential I do appreciate her candor and honesty. This book is about "spotting improbable moments of grace". This seems to be a running theme in the last few books that I've read, finding grace in the moments that seem like there is not a bit of it. Life is hard, and messy, and painful, and full of grace and wonder and joy. It's how we choose to look at things, and choosing is the hard part. "I didn't know that wounds and scars were what we find welcoming, because they are like ours." Wounds and scars are what draw us to others, knowing they have been through hardship and come out the other side is very encouraging. Why do we try and hide our scars? "...let's face it, it's so inspiring and such a relief when people find a way to bear the unbearable, when you can organize things so that a small miracle appears to have taken place and that love has once again turned out to be bigger than fear and death and blindness." "You want to protect your child from pain, and what you get instead is life, and grace." None of us can completely protect our children from pain and pain is where growth happens. "This is how we make important changes-barely, poorly, slowly. And still. He raises His fist in triumph." God rejoices with us when change is made, no matter how slow. "I know that when I call out, God will be near, and hear, and help eventually. Of course, it is the 'eventually' that throws one into despair." Oh the waiting, the hardest part of God's perfect timing. "Hope is not about proving anything. It's choosing to believe this one thing, that love is bigger than any grim bleak s*@# anyone can throw at us." Love is always bigger because God is love.
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