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Suffering reminds us of our brokenness, our humanity. It disarms us of our self-absorption and magnifies our need for one another.

Suffering reminds us of our brokenness, our humanity. It disarms us of our self-absorption and magnifies our need for one another.
– Marquita BurkeDeJesus

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  3. Those who suffer suffer because hurt people hurt people, and busy people let it happen. So am I going to be busy or am I going to be brave? – Marquita BurkeDeJesus
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  9. Illusions of freedom will never satisfy me. – Marquita BurkeDeJesus
  10. I learned it was better to tiptoe through life and arrive at death’s door safely. – Marquita BurkeDeJesus
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  20. Blood doesn’t satisfy cravings. It magnifies them. – Matt Haig
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  39. Forgiveness heals any brokenness in the heart. – Lailah Gifty Akita
  40. The Church, as Jesus seems to be defining it, is the gathering of accepted brokenness. It’s not the gathering of the saved. – Richard Rohr

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