It's better to have the faith to embrace reality with all its pain tha…

John Ortberg
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It's better to have the faith to embrace reality with all its pain than to cling to the false comfort of a painless fantasy.
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Leadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand. ✨ John Ortberg (2012). Who Is This Man?: The Unpredictable Impact of the Inescapable Jesus, p.101, Zondervan
I am disappointed with myself. I am disappointed not so much with the particular things I have done as with the aspects of who I have become. I have a nagging sense that all is not as it should be. ✨ … ▶
As long as we have unsolved problems, unfulfilled desires, and a mustard seed of faith, we have all we need for a vibrant prayer life.
We'd like to be humble...but what if no one notices? ✨ John Ortberg (1997). The Life You've Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People, p.173, Harper Collins
Ever console or scold people hurt in human relationships that satisfaction comes from God alone? Stop. Adam's fellowship with God was perfect, and God Himself declared Adam needed other humans.

It's better to have the faith to embrace reality with all its pain than to cling to the false comfort of a painless fantasy.

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