RIP Brennan Manning..... sweetly into the arms of Jesus... - TopicsExpress

RIP Brennan Manning..... sweetly into the arms of Jesus... xoxo "To the extent that we allow the compassion of the Lord to invade our hearts, we are freed from the dyspepsia toward ourselves that follows us everywhere, the self-hatred that we are now even ashamed of. It is simply not possible to know the Christ of the gospels unless we alter our attitude toward ourselves and take sides with Him against our own self-evaluation. Would you like to know at this moment how Jesus feels about you? Bernard Bush says this is the way you will know: if you love yourself intensely and freely, then your feelings about yourself correspond perfectly with the sentiments of Jesus. And the divine double take, of course, is that loving ourselves frees us to love others." --- Brennan Manning, REFLECTIONS FOR RAGAMUFFINS, Pp.163 "Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls." -Matthew 11:29