I will never forget a walk in the woods, many years ago, when God led me out and met me with silence while I pleaded for some desperately needed guidance. I railed at him. I will never forget the sorrow when he finally answered. “I just wanted to spend time with you.” I think that may have been when I decided I could never follow any other God but the one humble enough to be wounded, and powerful enough to take it until I finally learn gentleness.
There will be moments when you will feel perplexed, especially in the presence of human sin. You will ask yourself: “Must I always combat it by force or try to overcome it by humble love?” Always choose humble love, always. Once you have chosen it, you will always have what you need to conquer the whole world. Loving humility is a powerful force, the most powerful, and there is nothing in the world to approach it. - Dostoyevsky
This is wonderful. Thank you for writing this piece Liv
Thank you for reading, Jeremy!
And we wonder what how power is supposed to look.
I will never forget a walk in the woods, many years ago, when God led me out and met me with silence while I pleaded for some desperately needed guidance. I railed at him. I will never forget the sorrow when he finally answered. “I just wanted to spend time with you.” I think that may have been when I decided I could never follow any other God but the one humble enough to be wounded, and powerful enough to take it until I finally learn gentleness.
Good story. I love how you do it in verse. Very cool
Thank you!
This was wonderful to read!
Thank you, Corey!
There will be moments when you will feel perplexed, especially in the presence of human sin. You will ask yourself: “Must I always combat it by force or try to overcome it by humble love?” Always choose humble love, always. Once you have chosen it, you will always have what you need to conquer the whole world. Loving humility is a powerful force, the most powerful, and there is nothing in the world to approach it. - Dostoyevsky