Progress

Day by day, we try to move a little toward God's perfection.
So we need not be consumed by maudlin guilt for failure to achieve His likeness and image by Thursday next.
Progress is our aim, and His perfection is the beacon, light years away, that draws us on.
~ As Bill Sees It

The peaks and valleys of my life have become gentle rolling hills.

Perfection

We are not saints.
The point is, that we are willing to grow along spiritual lines.
The principles we have set down are guides to progress.
We claim spiritual progress rather than spiritual perfection.

- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 60

Give Time . . . time.

Keeping It Together

 

We can only survive our world when we trust that God knows us more intimately than we know ourselves.

We can only keep it together when we believe that God holds us together.

We can only win our lives when we remain faithful to the truth that every little part of us, yes, every hair, is completely safe in the divine embrace of our Lord.

To say it differently: When we keep living a spiritual life, we have nothing to be afraid of.

Henri Nouwen