Life is a mess. And theology must be lived out in the midst of that mess.
– Charles W Colson
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- I realize life is a beautiful mess. You can make it more beautiful by accepting the way it is. If you don’t accept, you’ll mess it up. – Manasa Rao
- An exceptional future can only be built on the transformation of the mess I’ve made out of my past, not the elimination of that mess. – Craig D Lounsbrough
- Observe the ugly mess which most men make of their sex lives-”and observe the mess of contradictions which they hold as their moral philosophy. – Ayn Rand
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- I’d always follow Nixon’s orders, but you can’t order somebody to be happy. – Charles W Colson
- Christians ought to have a different approach to business. As believers, we should view work as both service and a form of worship. – Charles W Colson
- Moral crusaders with zeal but no ethical understanding are likely to give us solutions that are worse than the problems. – Charles W Colson
- …life didn’t always have to be so serious. That life was to be lived. That life was one great adventure, to be lived well and to the full. – Tillie Cole
- In order to forgive, one must have lived through what I have lived through, and may God spare her that. – Leo Tolstoy
- A life lived in fear is a life half lived. – Carrie Hope Fletcher
- A life lived without borders is a life lived in captivity – Todd Stocker
- A life lived without forgiveness is a life lived in the past. – Asa Don Brown
- The meaning of life. The wasted years of life. The poor choices of life. God answers the mess of life with one word: ‘grace. – Max Lucado
- If you have lived your life in such a way that no one has ever found you obnoxious then you have my condolences for you have never really lived. – Rock Cowles
- It was hard when I knew I was about to be flooded with memories of a life I hadn’t lived yet. Really, two lives I hadn’t lived yet. – Kasie West
- Life is easier lived when lived for others. – Chris Matakas
- A life lived mired in resentment is one that is lived primarily in the past and this is never one that is filled with joy. – Taite Adams
- Life isn’t about the years you lived. It is about how you lived. – Tanushree Podder
- If you mess up, it’s not your parents’ fault, so don’t whine about yourmistakes, learn from them. – Charles J Sykes
- We never see other people anyway, only the monsters we make of them. – Colson Whitehead
- Here’s a tip for new parents: Start lowering those expectations early, it’s going to pay off later. – Colson Whitehead
- Pain could be killed. Sadness could not, but the drugs did shut its mouth for a time. – Colson Whitehead
- It is failure that guides evolution; perfection provides no incentive for improvement, and nothing is perfect. – Colson Whitehead
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- They don’t give gold bracelets for regrets. – Colson Whitehead
- Whoever has the better stuff wins. Sound familiar, American lackeys of late-stage capitalism? – Colson Whitehead
- Resentment was the hinge of her personality. – Colson Whitehead
- I believe that theology is facing the abyss.I must face the abyss, the abyss of existence, the abyss of mystery. (Rubem Alves, p. 189) – Mev Puleo
- Theology must have the character of a living procession. – Karl Barth
- You must learn to relate to God in the midst of your daily responsibilities and weekly routines because they occupy the majority of your life. – Andrew Wommack
- To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one’s own in the midst of abundance. – Gautama Buddha
- Life is in different stages. Every stage of life is the foundation for the next stage of life.Every stage of live must be fully-lived. – Lailah Gifty Akita
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