God's Joyful Surprise by Sue Monk Kidd

"Awake, O sleeper ... and Christ shall give you light." Ephesians 5:14 qtd. p. 22
Behold, I have set before thee an open door." Revelation 3:8 qtd. p. 5
Coming home to myself ... Centered in God alone... wider and fuller." p. 62
"Do I make plans like a worldly man, ready to say yes and no at once?" 2 Corinthians 1:17 
"Enter into an ongoing, encompassing communion with God in the midst of my life." pp 65-66
"From the center we see with a single vision everything in the light of God." p. 62
"Hunger in my life... hunger that smoldered deep inside [for] years..." p. 47 Jesus "hungered" Matthew 21:18
"In quietness and confidence shall by your strength." Isaiah 30:15 qtd. p. 98
"Jigsaw puzzle... of my life and bring focus and meaning to a life fractured." p.48
"Keeping our finger in the space." p.61
"Leave-arrive, end-begin, shed-emerge" p. 70
"Muffled hunger in my life... hunger that had smoldered deep inside..." p. 47
"Nicholas of Cusa... 'God is he whose center is everywhere and circumference is nowhere." p. 121 "Our lives touch and mingle with God's. A shared space, a center." p. 60
"Perhaps that was the fragile mystery going on inside me, too. breaking into s new way of experiencing God's presence, overcoming the darkness inside." p. 68
"Question asking itself in my mind: Can you alter your life without surface games, opening yourself to a new and deeper level of experience with God, not knowing where it might lead?" p. 67
Respond to God's gift of salvation... be a Response to more of God's grace, allow...experience to continue." p.69
"Silent dance revolving around Him, alive with the music of His love." p. 61
"To be centered, quite plainly, is to be single-hearted... from the center we see with a single vision everything in the light of God. This was certainly how Jesus lived His life. All His moments flowed from His single-heartedness, from His intimacy with God that was His core. [The Kingdom!] p. 62
"Ultimately the direction our feet take that means the most." p. 64
"Voice of God calling out to us, summoning us to a new creative experience with Him." p. 75
"What He wants is the deep and secret space in our heart Where we abide in Him and He in us." p. 28
eXperiencing in the depths of our soul, he breath-taking intimacy of God's presence..."
"You could start with the library." p. 42 :)
"Zeal, the fervent in Spirit, serve the Lord." Romans 12:11

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