Quotes about Vulnerability

If you choose to face conflict head on, it is full of risks and the potential for great hurt, but it can also be redemptive.

At some point, every relationship brings you to the end of yourself, and with God there is no healthier place to be. When I am willing to confess how weak I am, I am most ready to reach out for the grace that can only be found in Christ. He was willing to follow his Father's plan and become weak so that, in our moments of weakness, we could receive his strength.

but God wants to bring us to the end of ourselves so that we would see our need for a relationship with him as well as with others.

The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves.

Commitment is not sustained by confusion but by insight. The person who is uninformed or confused will inevitably be unstable and vulnerable in action, thought and feeling.

Crucifixion is an interesting thing. It is hard to do by yourself. In fact, it is impossible.

The reason we don't want to feel is that feeling exposes the tragedy of our world and the darkness of our hearts.

Change comes through brutal honesty and vulnerability before God. Only face to face with our deepest ruling passions is there hope of redeeming the fabric of our inner world.

The route to facing what we feel is not by devaluing the darkness of what we feel, but by valuing the deep structure of why we don't want to feel. Once we face why feeling is so hard, then we can move beyond what we feel to the deeper energy within us that keeps us from grappling honestly with our emotions. Then we will not only feel more deeply, but—more importantly—we will feel our feelings in a way that exposes our struggle with God.

Defensiveness often reveals an area of our lives where we're in denial.

My trust in God flows out of the experience of his loving me, day in and day out, whether the day is stormy or fair, whether I'm sick or in good health, whether I'm in a state of grace or disgrace. He comes to me where I live and loves me as I am.

"Just wanted to let you know that I love you even though you aren't naked right now."