William P. Young
William P. Young
William Paul Youngis a Canadian author. He wrote the novels The Shack, Cross Roads and Eve...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth11 May 1955
CountryCanada
color grace suffering
Grace doesn't depend on suffering to exist, but where there is suffering you will find grace in many facets and colors.
pain hands wings
Most birds were created to fly. Being grounded for them is a limitation within their ability to fly, not the other way around. You, on the other hand, were created to be loved. So for you to live as if you were unloved is a limitation, not the other way around. Living unloved is like clipping a bird’s wings and removing its ability to fly. Not something I want for you. Pain has a way of clipping our wings and keeping us from being able to fly. And if left unresolved for very long, you can almost forget that you were ever created to fly in the first place.
relationship shack shack-book
Life takes a bit of time and a lot of relationship.
want soil embrace
You have to take the time to prepare the soil if you want to embrace the seed.
relationship fruit shack
Trust is the fruit of a relationship in which you know you are loved.
heart healing water
Don't ever discount the wonder of your tears. They can be healing waters and a stream of joy. Sometimes they are the best words the heart can speak.
believe emotional thinking
Paradigms power perception and perceptions power emotions. Most emotions are responses to perception - what you think is true about a given situation. If your perception is false, then your emotional response to it will be false too. So check your perceptions, and beyond that check the truthfulness of your paradigms - what you believe. Just because you believe something firmly doesn't make it true. Be willing to reexamine what you believe.
kindness heart forgiving
...if anything matters then everything matters. Because you are important, everything you do is important. Every time you forgive, the universe changes; every time you reach out and touch a heart or a life, the world changes; with every kindness and service, seen or unseen, my purposes are accomplished and nothing will be the same again.
forgiveness letting-go forgive-and-forget
Forgiveness is not about forgetting. It is about letting go of another person's throat.
agreement ongoing belief
The Gospel is a declaration of something totally finished apart from our agreement or vote. Inside that declaration is an ongoing and relentless invitation to deepening relationship but any lack of belief or participation on our part has no power to negate the accomplished truth of that declaration.
I'm not an actual author but an accidental one.
unique giving different
I give you an ability to respond and your response is to be free to love and serve in every situation, and therefore each moment is different and unique and wonderful.
want stills known
Even though you can't finally grasp me, guess what? I still want to be known.