Quotes About Love

Church must not be the goal of the gospel anymore. Church should not be the focus of our efforts or the banner we hold up to explain what we're about. Church should be what ends up happening as a natural response to people wanting to follow us, be with us, and be like us as we are following the way of Christ. (The Tangible Kingdom by Halt and Smay)

Spoiler alert: You are amazing. You are. This grace thing is no joke. We get to live a free life. So do other people because God gave us Jesus, who fixed everything. Instead of being 'right' at each other all the time, we can just live these beautiful, precious lives of ours in full freedom. It really is good news.

Mostly good is enough. Mostly good produces healthy kids who know they are valued and either forget the other parts or turn them into funny stories.

Send kindness out in big, generous waves, send it near and far, send it through texts and e-mails and calls and words and hugs, send it by showing up, send it by proximity, send it in casseroles, send it with a well-timed "me too," send it with abandon.

Do we emphasize behavior over character? Because good behavior won't guarantee anything. If they don't love Jesus and people, it matters zero if they remain virgins and don't say the F-word. We must shepherd their hearts, not just their hemlines.

What is not to love about a guy who pulled children onto His lap and saved a failing party and touched the untouchables and told off the religious elite?

This is why we live and breathe: for the love of Jesus, for the love of our own souls, for the love of our families and people, for the love of our neighbors and this world. This is all that will last.

What is good for the Kingdom is good for us all.

We need not fear that He will say, "You loved too greatly, too liberally, too generously, too shockingly.

There is a clear correlation between how we treat each other and how a watching world will feel about Jesus. What should our neighbors deduce from our loving-kindness toward one another? One, that we obviously belong to Jesus, because what other explanation exists for such beautiful community?

If Jesus is the heart of the church, people are the lifeblood. There is a reason He created community and told us to practice grace and love and camaraderie and presence. People soften the edges and fill in the gaps. Friends make up some of the best parts of the whole story.

Face your issues with courage, sister, because truth and love win, and you have both those cards to play.

Owning a dog is slightly less expensive than being addicted to crack.

Lean into love and away from fear.

Love or fear – your choice.

Success = a series of small, consistent, loving steps.

The Universe is holding you in her arms - lean in

You are loved, loving and loveable.

You are powerful. You are loved. You are surrounded by miracles.

It sucks being in love with someone and never being allowed to show it.

Believe that you are worthy of financial freedom. Do something you love and then all you ever have to do is be yourself to succeed. If you sell something you love, then you just sell love, not a specific product or service, and that will show.

Your true self or your higher self or your superhero self...gets validation from within (I love and trust myself, this feels right to me, I have a purpose, I am loved), it's proactive (I'm in control of my life, I think I'll head on out and kick me some ass), love-based, and is committed to creating based on your limitless potential-- as soon as you wake up from the Big Snooze.

You're here. I'm here. I love you. I'm gonna pee all over the floor about it.

And still, after all this time,       the Sun has never said to the Earth,       ââ'¬Å"You owe me."       Look what happens with love like that. It lights up the sky. —Rumi