Thursday, November 12, 2009

Paul's nuggets............

This evening while watching Colby's swimming lesson, I had a moment to read a whole 5 pages of Paul Walsh's book, "The Bonsai Conspiracy", that I am slowly eeking my way through. I have become somewhat of a geek, and carry a yellow highlighter in my purse. Indeed it's true. The reason being, is that Paul drops so many gold nuggets worth quoting and repeating. Soooo, I feel compelled to share some of his words of life. 

"Sanctification, it is not a progressive rectification of one's behaviour but a progressive recognition of one's new identity." 

"We can safely say that, the extent to which we become aware of our oneness or Union with Him, we become the express image and likeness of the Person of Christ, expressing His love and purposes through us towards others. In other words, we are the means by which the image of the invisible God manifests, expresses and ministers Himself to His world." 

"Love is not even an emotion. Love is not a feeling. Love is a Person - The Person - God himself loving. "

Perhaps I will post a few more later, right now my Colby is starving and begging me for food. Must be because of the swimming.........

2 comments:

Phil said...

Swimming always used to make me starving when I was little...and give me a stomach ache at the same time. Eww. Prolly cos I swallowed too much. Wasn't a strong point, staying afloat.

lydia said...

Ha ha - yeah eww is right.....