"To love is to run the risk of suffering. Or rather, in our world, to love is to suffer; there's no escaping it. Augustine knew it well; so Augustine recommended playing it safe, loving only what could neither die nor change on one--God and the soul. My whole tradition has taught me to love the world, to love the world as a gift, to love God through and in the world. It has set me up for suffering. But it didn't tell me this: it didn't tell me that the invitation to love is the invitation to suffering. It has let me find that out for myself. Possibly it's the best way."
-NW
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Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth.
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