Abba’s Child

Apr 29

The Cry of the Heart for Intimate Belonging

by Brennan Manning

**Summary**

Because we so often dislike ourselves, we assume that God doesn’t like us either. We hide our true self from God and others, trying to present a perfect image to the world instead. This false self frantically chases the world’s praise and approval, when what we really need is a transforming experience of God’s love. But when we finally feel His heartbeat and hear Him call us His beloved child, we can begin to walk freely through life at the side of our Abba.
**Author’s Website:** Abba's Child - Book by Brennan Manning

Favorite Quotes

“’Come to me now,’ Jesus says. ‘Acknowledge and accept who I want to be for you: a Savior of boundless compassion, infinite patience, unbearable forgiveness, and love that keeps no score of wrongs. Quit projecting onto Me your own feelings about yourself…You are in a safe place.’”

“The dark riddle of life is illuminated in Jesus; the meaning, purpose, and goal of everything that happens to us, and the way to make it all count, can be learned only from the Way, the Truth, and the Life.”

“Haunted by feelings of unworthiness, would you allow the darkness to overcome you, or would you let Jesus be who He is—a Savior of boundless compassion and infinite patience, a Lover who keeps no score of our wrongs?”

“The meaning of our lives emerges in the surrender of ourselves to an adventure of becoming who we are not yet.”