Wm. Paul Young Quotes

Wm. Paul Young Quotes

Each relationship between two persons is absolutely unique. That is why you cannot love two people the same. It simply is not possible. You love each person differently because of who they are and the uniqueness that they draw out of you.

Submission is not about authority and it is not obedience; it is all about relationships of love and respect.

All I want from you is to trust me with what little you can, and grow in loving people around you with the same love I share with you. It's not your job to change them, or to convince them. You are free to love without an agenda.

So many believe that it is love that grows, but it is the knowing that grows and love simply expands to contain it.

Life takes a bit of time and a lot of relationship.

Grace doesn't depend on suffering to exist, but where there is suffering you will find grace in many facets and colors.

Perhaps there is supranatural: reason beyond the normal definitions of fact or data-based logic; something that only makes sense if you can see a bigger picture of reality. Maybe that is where faith fits in.

Did I hear God call me an idiot?

Even though you can't finally grasp me, guess what? I still want to be known.

those who are afraid of freedom are those who cannot trust us to live in them. Trying to keep the law is actually a declaration of independence, a way of keeping control

Remember, that choosing to stay on the ground is a choice to facilitate a relationship, to honor it. You don't play a game or color a picture with a child to show your superiority. Rather, you choose to limit yourself so as to facilitate and honor that relationship... It is not about winning and losing, but about love and respect.

oh my soul...be prepared for him who knows how to ask questions

So no, I’m not too big on religion...and not very fond of politics or economics either...And why should I be? They are the man-created trinity of terrors that ravages the earth and deceives those I care about. What mental turmoil and anxiety does any human face that is not related to one of those three?

I suppose that since most of our hurts come through relationships so will our healing, and I know that grace rarely makes sense for those looking in from the outside.

Trust is the fruit of a relationship in which you know you are loved.

Relationships are never about power, and one way to avoid the will to power is to choose to limit oneself- to serve.

Women, in general, will find it difficult to turn from a man and stop demanding that he meets their needs, provides security, and protects their identity, and return to me. Men, in general, find it very hard to turn from the works of their hands, their own quests for power and security and significance, and turn to me.

If a rainbow makes a sound, or a flower as it grows, that was the sound of her laughter.

Does that mean,' said Mack, 'that all roads lead to you?'
'Not at all.' Jesus smiled as he reached for the door handle to the shop. 'Most roads don't lead anywhere. What it does mean is that I will travel any road to find you.

Nan is the mortar that holds the tiles of their family together.

Mackenzie, the truth shall set you free and the truth has a name; he's over in the woodshop right now covered in sawdust. Everything is about him. And freedom is a process that happens inside a relationship with him. Then all that stuff you feel churnin' around inside will start to work its way out.

Transformation without work and pain, without suffering, without a sense of loss is just an illusion of true change.

I have moments that aren't too bad, but there's always something I'm struggling with, or feeling guilty about. I just figured I needed to try harder, but I find it difficult to sustain that motivation.

The 'will to power and independence' has become so ubiquitous that it is now considered normal.

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