stripped and filled
brennan manning

the sadness of not being perfect, the discovery that you really are sinful, is a feeling much too human, even borders on idolatry.

focus your vision outside yourself on the beauty, graciousness and compassion of Jesus Christ.

the pure of heart praise him from sunrise to sundown.

even when they feel broken, feeble, distracted, insecure and uncertain, they are able to release it into his peace.

a heart like that is stripped and filled - stripped of self and filled with the fullness of God.

it is enough that Jesus is Lord.