Brennan Manning
"I've decided that if I had my life to live over again, I would not only climb more mountains, swim more rivers, and watch more sunsets; I wouldn't only jettison my hot water bottle, raincoat, umbrella, parachute, and raft; I would not only go barefoot earlier in the spring and stay out later in the fall; but I would devote not one more minute to monitoring my spiritual growth. No, not one."
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"I've decided that if I had my life to live over again, I would not only climb more mountains, swim more rivers, and watch more sunsets; I wouldn't only jettison my hot water bottle, raincoat, umbrella, parachute, and raft; I would not only go barefoot earlier in the spring and stay out later in the fall; but I would devote not one more minute to monitoring my spiritual growth. No, not one."
"لقد قررتُ أنني لو عشتُ حياتي من جديد، فلن أكتفي بتسلّق المزيد من الجبال، والسباحة في المزيد من الأنهار، ومشاهدة المزيد من الغروب؛ ولن أكتفي بالتخلّص من قربة الماء الساخن، ومعطف المطر، والمظلة، والمظلة الهابطة، والطوّافة؛ ولن أكتفي بالمشي حافياً في وقت أبكر من الربيع والبقاء خارج المنزل لوقت متأخر من الخريف؛ بل لن أُخصّص دقيقة واحدة إضافية لمراقبة نموي الروحي. لا، ولا دقيقة واحدة."
Brennan Manning
The Furious Longing of God
"The way of trust is a movement into obscurity, into the undefined, into ambiguity, not into some predetermined, clearly delineated plan for the future. The next step discloses itself only out of a discernment of God acting in the desert of the present moment. The reality of naked trust is the life of the pilgrim who leaves what is nailed down, obvious, and secure, and walks into the unknown without any rational explanation to justify the decision or guarantee the future. Why? Because God has signaled the movement and offered it his presence and his promise."
"طريق الثقة هو ارتحالٌ نحو الغموض، نحو ما لا تعريف له، نحو الالتباس، لا نحو خطةٍ مستقبليةٍ محددةٍ وواضحة المعالم. فالخطوة التالية لا تتجلى إلا من خلال استبصارٍ لعمل الله في صحراء اللحظة الراهنة. وحقيقة الثقة المجردة هي حياة السالك الذي يترك ما هو راسخٌ وواضحٌ ومأمون، ويمضي إلى المجهول دون أي تفسيرٍ عقلانيٍ يبرر قراره أو يضمن مستقبله. لماذا؟ لأن الله قد أشار إلى هذا المسير وقدم له حضوره ووعده."
Brennan Manning
Ruthless Trust: The Ragamuffin's Path to God
"Sin and forgiveness and falling and getting back up and losing the pearl of great price in the couch cushions but then finding it again, and again, and again? Those are the stumbling steps to becoming Real, the only script that's really worth following in this world or the one that's coming."
"الخطيئة والغفران، السقوط والنهوض، وضياع الدرة النفيسة في غياهب الوسائد ثم استعادتها مراراً وتكراراً؟ تلك هي العثرات التي تصقل الروح لتغدو حقيقية، والمنهاج الأوحد الذي يجدر بنا اتباعه في هذه الدنيا أو في الدار الآخرة."
Brennan Manning
"Trust is that rare and priceless treasure that wins us the affection of our heavenly Father."
"الثقة هي ذلك الكنز النادر والثمين الذي يكسبنا محبة أبينا السماوي."
Brennan Manning
"Childlike surrender and trust, I believe, is the defining spirit of authentic discipleship."
"الاستسلام والثقة بصفاء الطفولة، في اعتقادي، هو الروح الجوهرية للتلمذة الحقة."
Brennan Manning
"Too many Christians are living in a house of fear and not in the house of love."
"الكثير من المسيحيين يعيشون في بيت الخوف لا في بيت المحبة."
Brennan Manning
"The dominant characteristic of an authentic spiritual life is the gratitude that flows from trust - not only for all the gifts that I receive from God, but gratitude for all the suffering. Because in that purifying experience, suffering has often been the shortest path to intimacy with God."
"إن السمة البارزة للحياة الروحية الأصيلة هي الامتنان النابع من الثقة، لا على جميع العطايا التي يغدقها الله عليّ فحسب، بل امتنانًا حتى على كل ألم. ففي تلك التجربة المطهّرة، غالبًا ما كانت المعاناة أقصر السبل إلى الوصال بالله."
Brennan Manning
"God loves you unconditionally, as you are and not as you should be, because nobody is as they should be."
"الله يحبك بلا قيد أو شرط، كما أنت لا كما ينبغي أن تكون، فليس أحد كما ينبغي أن يكون."
Brennan Manning
"By and large, the gospel of grace is neither proclaimed, understood, nor lived."
"غالبًا ما يُهمل إعلان بشارة النعمة وفهمها وتطبيقها."
Brennan Manning
"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."
"ثقتي بالله تنبع من اختباري لمحبته لي، يوماً بعد يوم، سواء كان يومي عاصفاً أم هادئاً، مريضاً كنت أم معافى، في نعمة أم في محنة. إنه يأتيني حيث أكون ويحبني كما أنا."
Brennan Manning
"Suffering, failure, loneliness, sorrow, discouragement, and death will be part of your journey, but the Kingdom of God will conquer all these horrors. No evil can resist grace forever."
Brennan Manning
"Ruthless trust ultimately comes down to this: faith in the person of Jesus and hope in his promise."
Brennan Manning
"I want neither a terrorist spirituality that keeps me in a perpetual state of fright about being in right relationship with my heavenly Father nor a sappy spirituality that portrays God as such a benign teddy bear that there is no aberrant behavior or desire of mine that he will not condone. I want a relationship with the Abba of Jesus, who is infinitely compassionate with my brokenness and at the same time an awesome, incomprehensible, and unwieldy Mystery."
Brennan Manning
"Define yourself radically as one beloved by God. This is the true self. Every other identity is illusion."
Brennan Manning
Abba's Child: The Cry of the Heart for Intimate Belonging
"The humble woman is surprised by all the good that she sees around her rather than scandalized by what she cannot judge anyway. The humble woman is grateful for her successes but not disheartened by her failures. She enjoys her gifts and readily admits her mistakes. She maintains a sense of humor, whether the news from Wall Street is giddy or glum. She faces her character defects without getting discouraged. Her humble confidence in God’s love and her enchantment with the kabod Yahweh shape a hedge of thorns against self-absorption and frees her for an unselfconscious presence to others."
Brennan Manning
"At Sunday worship, as in every dimension of our existence, many of us pretend to believe we are sinners. Consequently, all we can do is pretend we have been forgiven. As a result, our whole spiritual life is pseudo-repentance and pseudo-bliss."
Brennan Manning
"To live by grace means to acknowledge my whole life story, the light side and the dark. In admitting my shadow side I learn who I am and what God's grace means."
Brennan Manning
"I want neither a terrorist spirituality that keeps me in a perpetual state of fright about being in right relationship with my heavenly Father nor a sappy spirituality that portrays God as such a benign teddy bear that there is no aberrant behavior or desire of mine that he will not condone. I want a relationship with the Abba of Jesus, who is infinitely compassionate with my brokenness and at the same time an awesome, incomprehensible, and unwieldy Mystery."
Brennan Manning
"The forgiveness of God is gratuitous liberation from guilt. Paradoxically, the conviction of personal sinfulness becomes the occasion of encounter with the merciful love of the redeeming God. "There will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner repenting..." (Luke 15:7). In his brokenness, the repentant prodigal knew an intimacy with his father that his sinless, self-righteous brother would never know."
Brennan Manning
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