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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 53bb62d | Knowing God without knowing our own wretchedness makes for pride. Knowing our own wretchedness without knowing God makes for despair. | Edward T. Welch | ||
| 52b61ec | shamed people rarely take stands against injustice. Such a stand would mean they would have to go public, which would only double the shame. Instead, once we are shamed, most of us try to make sense of it by believing we are getting what we deserve. So why would we protest? | Edward T. Welch | ||
| 0a3ad5b | Our fears have typically already decided that the worst is about to happen. Catastrophe is upon us and there is no hope. But "Don't be afraid," when spoken by the Lord, is a promise that the end will be different from what we predict." | Edward T. Welch | ||
| d5fbb62 | Ironically, our desire to clean ourselves actually minimizes the problem of uncleanness. It assumes we can give ourselves a good enough scrubbing to get a little holy before we meet the Holy One. | Edward T. Welch | ||
| e7a7d5e | The cure for shame will always be found in how we become connected to God. | Edward T. Welch | ||
| 3e501ce | I also did something that seems to come naturally to females, although I am sure we are not taught to do it; I placed my underwear in the middle of the stack of clothing. | Marlo Morgan | ||
| b79990d | Try changing the subject so it is more about God than about your shame. The basic idea is to focus on the matchless worth of the Lord God and then get connected to him. For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth. It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the LORD set his love .. | Edward T. Welch | ||
| 77a84d5 | Here are some key words to go along with shame: Inferior Alienated Embarrassed Minority Ridiculed Weak Powerless Failure Different Insulted Rejected Inadequate Humiliated Ignored Loser | Edward T. Welch | ||
| 58ed850 | Once we get over the mild jolt to our pride--I would like my spouse to love me because she thinks I am the greatest male alive--we couldn't ask for anything better. The character of God is the basis for our connection to him, not our intrinsic worth. Self-worth, or anything we think would make us acceptable to God, would suit our pride but it has the disturbing side-effect of making the cross of Jesus Christ less valuable. If we have worth .. | Edward T. Welch | ||
| c5dbd2a | These days, shame is emerging from the shadows and beginning to have its own identity. For example, if you talk about guilt to people under thirty, you often get blank stares. But if you talk about "worthless," "failure," or "shame," they feel as if you have deciphered the core of their being. For them, shame is arguably the human problem. If the next generation is talking about it, that's a good sign, in the sense that shame may soon recei.. | Edward T. Welch | ||
| ceaff77 | With our touch, Jesus becomes our scapegoat. In his touch, Jesus takes our sin and absorbs our shame (Psalm 69:9; Romans 15:3), and we receive his righteousness. If you prefer symmetry in your relationships, in which you give a gift of similar value to the one you receive, you have not yet touched Jesus. | Edward T. Welch | ||
| a108d66 | These words point in the right direction, but some of them, such as embarrassed, insulted, different, and ignored, can fade with time. Real shame requires more intensity. That's why the language of this next list may make you want to turn away, but it's much closer to shame. Unclean Dishonored Filthy Shunned Disgusting Defiled Outcast Unlovable Discarded Repulsive Disgraced Worthless Loathed Scorned Vile | Edward T. Welch | ||
| 5b57d0c | The character of God is the basis for our connection to him, not our intrinsic worth. Self-worth, or anything we think would make us acceptable to God, would suit our pride but it has the disturbing side-effect of making the cross of Jesus Christ less valuable. If we have worth in ourselves, there is no reason to connect to the infinite worth of Jesus and receive what he has done for us. | Edward T. Welch | ||
| 05231ad | What is most important is that you look away from yourself to the true God. No matter who you are or where you are from, you will be able to know him and worship him. And when you worship him, it means you are accepted into his presence. | Edward T. Welch | ||
| 758c190 | This is the last word. Jesus always has the last word, and it is always a good last word. It is always about him and it always takes you by surprise with his love and acceptance. What is your response? John's message is clear: worship him. What does worship him mean? It means everything. It means you turn away from the stagnant pools where you once drank. For the Samaritan woman, it meant she would align her lifestyle with his kingdom. In t.. | Edward T. Welch | ||
| 47b8ea6 | People familiar with shame are willing to wash feet, but they are uncomfortable with other people washing their feet. They are better at serving than being served. Well, get used to being served. | Edward T. Welch | ||
| 836b09f | The language of shame is extreme. Hear it enough and you believe it. You are told you are disgusting and unclean, and eventually you believe you are. | Edward T. Welch | ||
| 138eee2 | Though the cross and everything leading up to it violate our sensibilities and we are rightly aghast, the reality is that human beings have never liked God very much. At the cross, the nature of God was most fully revealed. As a result, human contempt was also most fully revealed and brought to a laser-like focus and intensity. | Edward T. Welch | ||
| 1436fc7 | We loathe worthlessness, and for good reason. We have a primal sense that we exist for something better and, indeed, we do. We are created in the King's image and created to be with him. But there is a reason we oppose worthlessness that is much darker: we want worth in ourselves, apart from our relationship with Jesus. When this other reason dominates, all the talk about the glory of the King and the reflected glory we experience as we are.. | Edward T. Welch | ||
| 8c29f2e | All it takes is a tradition of demeaning, critical words from the right person. All it takes is nothing from the right person. No interest in you, no words spoken to you, no love. If you are treated as if you do not exist, you will feel shame. | Edward T. Welch | ||
| 4bc1afa | First we saw only our own shame. Now we see that Jesus' shame was deeper than our own, and we were among the scorners. First we saw only our own alienation and rejection. Now we see that Jesus' alienation and rejection was at the hands of the entire world, ourselves included. First we saw only contempt and self-contempt. Now we see that all human contempt was focused on Jesus--and we participated. No matter how stubbornly resistan.. | Edward T. Welch | ||
| c200858 | Here is what we know and where we are going. First, shame is blended into our present human condition. That doesn't mean that happiness and joy only come at the cost of massive denial. No, there can be real contentment and peace. We don't feel all of our emotions at once. But if you look deeply within yourself, you will find shame. It is part of being human. It is why hiding and covering are universal instincts. Second, we can be bold in th.. | Edward T. Welch | ||
| f14552c | Shame is not a mirage. It is very real. A sexually violated woman feels contaminated by what has been done to her, and she really is contaminated. A person who has lived with rejection can't neutralize it with happy thoughts. Shame is like dirt. No matter how it happened, you are a mess and something has to be done about it. When you are dirty, there is no feel-as-if about it. | Edward T. Welch | ||
| 6176407 | In Australien ist man der amerikanischen Zeit um siebzehn Stunden voraus. Man fliegt also buchstablich in den nachsten Tag hinein. Wahrend des Fluges erinnerte ich mich daran, dass wir sicher sein konnten, dass es die Welt am nachsten Tag noch geben und alles in Ordnung sein wurde! Auf dem Kontinent, der vor uns lag, war es schon >>morgen<<. | Marlo Morgan | ||
| c75433a | Performance measure. Throughout this book, the term performance measure refers to an indicator used by management to measure, report, and improve performance. Performance measures are classed as key result indicators, result indicators, performance indicators, or key performance indicators. Critical success factors (CSFs). CSFs are the list of issues or aspects of organizational performance that determine ongoing health, vitality, and wellb.. | Douglas W. Hubbard | ||
| da2d817 | Truly Time is a vast Denful of Horrour, round about which a Serpent winds and in the winding bites itself by the Tail. Now, now is the Hour, every Hour, every part of an Hour, every Moment, which in its end does begin again and never ceases to end: a beginning continuing, always ending. | hour minute repetition time | Peter Ackroyd | |
| 8716255 | worshipped was that of Mammon. It is difficult to estimate the size of monastic occupation. At the time it was believed that the clergy owned one third of the land, but it may be safe to presume that the monks controlled one sixth of English territory. | Peter Ackroyd | ||
| 681715e | Vom Leben muss man saufen. | life-philosophy | Benjamin Lebert | |
| 1d29777 | Und es gibt Menschen, die behaupten, Gott hatte das gesamte Universum erschaffen, um sich selbst sehen zu konnen. So wie wir immer unter Menschen gehen, weil wir uns uber andere Menschen definieren. Weil wir nur durch die Art, wie sie sind, erkennen konnen, wie wir sind. | self-realization | Benjamin Lebert | |
| 353c66e | Immer wenn ich traurig bin versuche ich an Fotoalben zu denken. Immer wenn ich daran zweifle, ob es gut, dass ich existiere, dann blattere ich in meinem Geiste all die Fotoalben durch, Fotoalben verschiedenster Menschen aus verschiedensten Landern, in denen zufallig und ohne dass diese Menschen Notiz davon nehmen wurden, ein Foto klebt, auf dem ich zu sehen bin... Wenn mich also tiefe Traurigkeit uberkommt, denke ich daran, dass naturlich a.. | Benjamin Lebert | ||
| eaeeb26 | Das war alles ein wenig viel fur mich heute: Anstatt zu schlafen, eine Feuerleiter hinaufzuklettern, zu saufen, was das Zeug halt, mal eben ein bisschen zu vogeln und nebenbei erwachsen zu werden. Das reicht fur eine Nacht. Da wurde jeder kotzen, glaube ich. | jugend seite-84 | Benjamin Lebert | |
| 8432da6 | Hast du manchmal Angst?", fragt er. "Ich meine nicht Angst vor einer Prufung. Oder dem Erzieher. Sondern so richtig Angst. So Angst vor dem Leben. Weisst du?" Troy schluckt. Er beugt sich nach vorn. "Leben Angst haben", sage ich. Mir wird unangenehm. Eigentlich habe ich noch nie daruber nachgedacht. Aber ich glaube, es stimmt." | leben seite-89 | Benjamin Lebert | |
| c6c80ec | Ein toter Mensch ist wie ein Saal, in dem ein Fest zu Ende gegangen ist. Ein rauschendes Fest. Die Menschen sind alle fort um irgendwo anders weiterzufeiern. Und schau, so ein leerer Saal hat doch was ganz Friedliches. Die Luftschlangen, die Glaser, die Musikinstrumente und die Stille. | death-of-a-loved-one | Benjamin Lebert | |
| 3c4c115 | Make a good present and in a few years You will have a good past | Jason King Godwise | ||
| 58c6127 | She was fascinated with words. To her, words were things of beauty, each like a magical powder or potion that could be combined with other words to create powerful spells. | Dean R. Koontz | ||
| df23f30 | The Thames is in many respects the river of the dead. It has the power to hurt and to kill.' Peter Ackroyd, Thames: Sacred River | Kate Rhodes | ||
| 29544fe | the true God is to be venerated in obscure and fearful Places, with Horror in their Approaches, and thus did our Ancestors worship the Daemon in the form of great Stones. | occult-architecture occultism | Peter Ackroyd | |
| 760c634 | Women, of their nature, crave for liberty; they will not be ordered around like servants. | thecanterburytales women | Peter Ackroyd | |
| 3c3eb3d | it has been observed that Londoners became more extravagant in the presence of Charles Dickens, so that they might appear more Dickensian, so | Peter Ackroyd | ||
| 4c93c22 | it is a dreadfull thing to look down Praecipices. | falling fear-of-heights vertigo | Peter Ackroyd | |
| 0ff4465 | anxiety was, for her, a form of prayer. | Peter Ackroyd | ||
| f81bb38 | If I were a Writer now, I would wish to thicken the water of my Discourse so that it was no longer easy or familiar. I would chuse a huge lushious Style! | Peter Ackroyd | ||
| ffad9cd | I am in the Pitte, but I have gone so deep that I can see the brightness of the Starres at Noon. | Peter Ackroyd | ||
| e68c4a0 | He visited the country house of a goldsmith, Sir Robert Viner, where 'he showed me a black boy that he had that died of a consumption; and being dead, he caused him to be dried in an oven, and lies there entire in a box'. | Peter Ackroyd |