Quotes about Acceptance

What matters most is not what I think I am or am not. What matters is what my Father sees in me and what He says about me.

Acceptance says, True, this is my situation at the moment. I'll look unblinkingly at the reality of it. But I'll also open my hands to accept willingly whatever a loving Father sends me.

False gods - the gods of human understanding - despise sinners, but the Father of Jesus loves all, no matter what they do. But of course this is almost too incredible for us to accept.

Have we the humility to thank our Father for the gift of pain?

You see, it's one thing to accept Him as Lord, another to recognize Him as Savior - but it's another matter entirely to accept Him as Father.

When we are willing to stay even a moment with uncomfortable energy, we gradually learn not to fear it.

Death is nothing to fear. It is only another dimension.

It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.

Are you experiencing restlessness? Stay! Are fear and loathing out of control? Stay! Aching knees and throbbing back? Stay! What's for lunch? Stay! I can't stand this another minute! Stay!

It is foolish to fear that which you cannot avoid. -Stultum est timere quod vitare non potes

I don't want to say that in a place that's negative about what the fear is. I just want to be a realist.

Adversity is not simply a tool. It is God's most effective tool for the advancement of our spiritual lives. The circumstances and events that we see as setbacks are oftentimes the very things that launch us into periods of intense spiritual growth. Once we begin to understand this, and accept it as a spiritual fact of life, adversity becomes easier to bear.