Caring for One Another by Ed Welch

I recently finished reading Caring for One Another by Ed Welch.
Here are some quotes that stood out to me.

"You know you have entered into the heart when you discover wants, affections, or desires."
(Kindle edition, page 24)

"Practice seeing the good—not just good circumstances but moral goodness. Notice when the person is patient when treated badly, kind when treated unkindly, forgiving, gentle, and able to say no to renegade desires."
(Kindle edition, page 30)

"Here is a general rule: the more you understand a person’s physical weaknesses, the more patient you will be with that person."
(Kindle edition, page 39)

"As a variation of the Golden Rule you could also consider what has been unhelpful to you and others. For example, it is almost always unhelpful to give advice to someone who is troubled unless the troubled one asks. Advice is what we would do in another’s situation, even though we might never have been in that situation. It typically sounds teacher-like, and it bypasses compassion. It is rarely personal. So hold back your advice unless it is requested."
(Kindle edition, page 47)

"Hardships will come. Jesus has gone before us in hardships and knows us. The love of the Father pursues us in our hardships. The Father’s justice, which will silence all perpetrators and restore his people, is assured."
(Kindle edition, page 55)

"Both our own suffering and the suffering of others compel us to humility, in which we aspire to be more like children than teachers. These do, however, remind us that God speaks about our suffering and to sufferers."
(Kindle edition, page 58)

"Not that sin itself is good, but we are actually blessed when we can see our sin."
(Kindle edition, page 61)

"We do this work in small steps, being a little more alert in everyday conversations, a little more confident that the Lord uses ordinary people. We are just moving toward one person, then another, knowing, seeing good things, bearing burdens, praying for and praying with."
(Kindle edition, page 67)


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