  These quotes totally sum up how I feel today: "Today, I feel weak and vulnerable, unable to sustain even one minute of mindfulness of prayer, the Scriptures are opaque and Jesus is hidden from consciousness.
Yet, by the grace of God, I have an unwavering, unshaken trust that this is where I am supposed to be. God's love for me and the certainty in faith that He finds me lovable is independent of any good I may have done or any good I have neglected to do.
Nothing is happening on a feeling level. I am much at peace with where I am and not questioning if I am doing something wrong and not panting for a felt sense of His presence. " -- Brennan Manning "... my self-imposed pressure leaves little time to simply live, for being human and playful, for delighting in pecan waffles and Scrabble.
Is my life slipping by without making time to be a friend with my friends? " -- Brennan Manning (And, for what it is worth, I love waffles -- no peacans though -- and Scrabble. Those details, and the fact this man is a living testimony of grace, make Brennan Manning my hero. OK, and Greg and I did play Scrabble last night. And I beat him. But that was procrastinating, as is this, and I need to get busy. ) 
