William Paul Young Quotes & Sayings

Did I hear God call me an idiot? — William Paul Young

So when you look at Jesus and it appears that he's flying he really is...flying. But what you are actually seeing is me my life in him. That's how he lives and acts as a true human how every human is designed to live-out of my life. — William Paul Young

The friendship is real, not merely imagined. We're meant to experience this life, your life, together, in a dialogue, sharing the journey. You get to share in our wisdom and learn to love with our love, — William Paul Young

Am I going crazy? Am I supposed to believe that God is a big black woman with a questionable sense of humor? — William Paul Young

you will hear and see me in the Bible in fresh ways. Just don't look for rules and principles; look for relationship - a way of coming to be with us. — William Paul Young

but how will I hear you?"
"You will learn to hear my thoughts in yours, MacKenzie," she reassured him. — William Paul Young

And you're my mother? How can you be my mother? You're . . ." "Black?" She laughed so cleanly and joyfully that Lilly couldn't help but join her, though still completely perplexed. "Dear one, how beautiful is black, which includes and keeps all color? — William Paul Young

But without wisdom, imagination is a cruel taskmaster. — William Paul Young

Mack was lying in the darkness, listening intently. "Aren't you talking about a real indwelling, not just some positional, theological thing?" "Of course," answered Jesus, his voice strong and sure. — William Paul Young

every person is a story and therefore is a storyteller. Trouble is that many fear failure, so they never begin. — William Paul Young

I'm sorry," she said, referring to Adam. — William Paul Young

Paradigms power perceptions, perceptions power emotions. — William Paul Young

Our deep longings remind us we have lost something vital and precious. Such yearnings are the stirring of hope. Of returning." "Returning where?" "To this garden. — William Paul Young

Eve was absent because she would be formed inside Man, and Lilly was here to witness their birth. — William Paul Young

This being requires no proof of love. They are bone of my bone, flesh of my flesh, and for them my everlasting Love and affection will never be diminished. They cannot drift into unworthiness. — William Paul Young

Rumors of glory are often hidden inside what many consider myths and tales. — William Paul Young

Truth will set you free. And Truth has a name... — William Paul Young

I am especially fond of you. — William Paul Young

dreams at night. Secretly, he began to make plans to travel to the shack the following weekend. At first he told no one, not even Nan. He had no reasonable defense in any exchange that would result after such a disclosure, and he was afraid that he might get locked up and the key thrown away. Anyway, he rationalized such a conversation would only bring more pain with no resolution. "I am keeping it to myself for Nan's sake," he told himself. Besides, acknowledging the note would mean admitting that he had kept secrets from her, secrets he still justified in his own mind. Sometimes honesty can be incredibly messy. Convinced of the rightness of his impending journey, Mack began to consider ways to get the family away from home for the weekend without rousing any suspicions. There was the slim possibility that — William Paul Young

I've never met anyone that was all bad.
Mostly bad, yes, but never all bad. Everyone was once a child,
and that gives me hope for people. They just end up bringing to
the table what they have and they do what they do for a reason,
even if they don't know themselves what it is. Takes time to find
it sometimes, but there is always a reason. — William Paul Young

Marriage is not an institution. It's a relationship. — William Paul Young

Just because you believe something firmly doesn't make it true. Be willing to reexamine what you believe. The more you live in the truth, the more your emotions will help you see clearly. But even then, you don't want to trust them more than me. — William Paul Young

Humans have the tendency to restructure language according to their independence and need to perform. — William Paul Young

Nothing makes us so lonely as our secrets. - Paul Tournier — William Paul Young

Sometimes honesty can be incredibly messy — William Paul Young

We are thankful for the gifts that surround us, and then we let them go, trusting that nothing will be lost, even if we lose it for a time. — William Paul Young

My purposes are always and only an expression of love. I purpose to work life out of death, to bring freedom out of brokenness and turn darkness into light. — William Paul Young

Faith does not grow in the house of certainty. — William Paul Young

You have the freedom to trust and the freedom to turn. This is the profound and sometimes painful mystery of community and love. — William Paul Young

The soul is healed by being with children.
--Fyodor Dostoyevsky — William Paul Young

My dear, how will you ever learn unless you first don't know? — William Paul Young

Somehow the pain, the losses, the hurt, the bad, God
is able to transform these into something they could have never
been, icons and monuments of grace and love. It is the deep
mystery how wounds and scars can become precious, or a
ravaging and terrifying cross the essential symbol of relentless
affection."
"Is it worth it?" whispered Tony.
"Wrong question, son. There is no 'it.' The question is and
has always been, 'Are you worth it?' and the answer is and
always, 'Yes!' — William Paul Young

Nothing in life is ritual. — William Paul Young

Love is not the limitation; love is the flying. — William Paul Young

If a lie gets too much attention, it can grow. — William Paul Young

Love is just the skin of knowing. — William Paul Young

It's extremely hard to rescue someone unless he is willing to trust you. — William Paul Young

Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal. — William Paul Young

the people who know me are the ones who are free to live and love without any agenda. — William Paul Young

You love each person differently because of who they are and the uniqueness that they draw out of you. And the more you know another, the richer the colors of that relationship. — William Paul Young

I will use every choice you make for the ultimate good and the most loving outcome. — William Paul Young

Even should we find another Eden, we would not be fit to enjoy it perfectly nor stay in it forever. - Henry Van Dyke — William Paul Young

Fairy tales and myths are born inside imagination's storehouse; just because something is considered to be 'a story' doesn't mean it isn't true. — William Paul Young

Faith does not grow in a house of certainty. — William Paul Young

while some things may not be scientifically provable, they can still be true nonetheless. — William Paul Young

True love never forces. — William Paul Young

Grace doesn't depend on suffering to exist, but where there is suffering you will find grace in many facets and colors." "Actually, that's a relief. I couldn't bear to think — William Paul Young

You must give up your right to decide what is good and evil on your own terms. That is a hard pill to swallow - choosing to live only in me. To do that, you must know me enough to trust me and learn to rest in my inherent goodness. — William Paul Young

Humans are so lost and damaged that to you it is almost incomprehensible that people could work or live together without someone being in charge. — William Paul Young

roads are rarely what they appear to be and are not predictable. Maybe safe is about the company you keep and not about the road you take? — William Paul Young

As well-intentioned as it might be, you know that religious machinery can chew up people! — William Paul Young

Letting go is also a returning. — William Paul Young

This whole thing is a process, not an event. — William Paul Young

And let's say that I know it will take you forty-seven situations and events before you actually hear me-that is, before you will hear clearly enough to agree with me and change. So when you don't hear me the first time, I'm not frustrated or disappointed, I'm thrilled. Only forty-six more times to go! And that first time will be a building block to construct a bridge of healing that one day-that today-you will walk across. - Papa — William Paul Young

Love always leaves a significant mark. — William Paul Young