when i read this a few months ago i knew i wanted to share it.
then i couldn't find this section again…..anywhere.
seriously.
then yesterday i opened the book and there it was.
i knew i had to share it.
Someone I Can Be Real With
If you merely pretend that you enjoy God or love Him, He knows.
You can’t fool Him; don’t even try. Instead, tell Him how you feel.
Tell Him that He isn’t the most important thing in this life to you,
and that you are sorry
for that. Tell Him that you’ve been lukewarm,
that you’ve chosen _____________ over Him time and again.
Tell Him that you want Him to change you, that you long to genuinely enjoy Him.
Tell Him how you want to experience true satisfaction and pleasure and
joy in your relationship
with Him. Tell Him you want to love Him more than
anything on this earth. Tell Him you want to experience the kingdom of heaven so much so that
you’d willingly sell everything in order to get it.
Tell Him what you like about
Him, what you appreciate, what brings you joy.
Jesus, I need to give myself up. I am not strong enough to love you and
walk with You on my own.
I can’t do it, I need You.
I need You deeply and desperately. I believe You are worth it, that You
are better than anything else I could have in this life. I want You. And when I don’t, I want to want You. Be all in me. Take all of me.
Have Your way with me.
Crazy Love by Frances Chan
jodi @ back40life - thanks so much for sharing this…extremely powerful!
it also reminded me that I have this book on audio…I started listening to it a few minutes ago.
thanks!!
crystal - My small group finished this book this winter. It changed all of our hearts!!!!
susie - awesome book! i’m going through this with my high school girls at church. wonderful!
KristenB - Just what I needed. People and other things that we put our trust in WILL let you down. He NEVER does…..
AlisonC - I loved Crazy Love. As soon as I finished it, I read it again. And now I want to read it again!
I just found your blog through The Pleated Poppy. Glad to have found you!
Jane - Wow I’m so excited I just went out and bought this book – want to read it now but it’s totally bedtime! Thanks so much Meg for your honesty in talking about your faith, this quote sounds like just the kind of encouragement that I need right now, I’m struggling quite a lot but excited about the possibilities!
Lora - Gotta get that book! thanks… i printed out 3… one for me, one for each teen daughter.
stacie - Thanks so much for posting this. I want to read this book all because of you. I probably need it too. I’m in the middle of A Praying Life by Paul E. Miller though. Very good one, by the way!! Gotta finish that before I move on. You inspire me. You’re so authentic and real and whole hearted. Thank you.
Liz - We’re reading this book in our small group. It’s really amazing!
Catherine Hicks - Wow! I just happened upon your blog….I truly needed this! Thanks for sharing.
Queen Bee - Wow. Breathtaking. Honest. It resonates with me because that is how I talk to God. No “formal language”. Just honesty pouring out, even when it’s to say how awful I’ve been or how much life sucks, or to thank Him for carrying me through it, cause it would be a LOT WORSE if He wasn’t shielding me (cause even when he shields me from the worst, I still feel the pain). What an amazing excerpt to post. Thank you!
Leslie P. - Thanks for sharing this! I’m on Chp. 3 of his second book, called Forgotten God (which refers to our neglect of the Holy Spirit) and it is super great. Such a quick read, too.
Anna Marie - I bought this book after you talked about it during your giveaway week. I haven’t read it all yet but I am so excited about it! Thank you!
Lori - Beautiful!
Suzanne - I have been watching Frances Chan on line because of reading this book, as he readies himself and his family to leave his church and go out and DO THE WORD. You introduced me to him, through your blog Meg and I thank you for that.
His sermons online at cornerstone church starting with the one entitled Surrender are a must see. How awesome to be able to watch someone being obedient to God’s word.
Denissa - Thanks for sharing…I think that my pastor mentioned that book before, I think I def. need that book right now..
Patricia - Great book ~ as is his newest book, Forgotten God. Extremely provoking. In a good way. Thanks for sharing!
shelly - Wow! That is good! I need to read this book!
Molly - We are starting to lead it as a small group… it should be awesome!
robin - love this!!!
Flower Patch Farmgirl - That book, in conjunction with a few other recent rabbit trails and events, is changing us. I was way late in reading it…but I’m so glad I finally did.
Heather - Yes.
patti - Love this book!
Becky @ Farmgirl Paints - Beautiful. There’s no foolin’ the creator. Love her honesty.
Sara @ It's Good to be Queen - He IS worth it. that’s good stuff.
Musings Of A Gem - It’s always the way…you loose something and then you find it INSTANTLY later!
Gemma X
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josephine - I love this book too. I want to reread it and I have NEVER read a book more that once!