…Strength, inner strength, comes from receiving love as much as it comes from giving it. I think apart from the idea that I am a sinner and God forgives me, this is the greatest lesson I have ever learned. When you get it, it changes you. My friend Julie from Seattle told me that the main prayer she prays for her husband is that he will be able to receive love. And this is the prayer I pray for all my friends because it is the key to happiness. God’s love will never change us if we don’t accept it.
–Donald Miller
Many of us like to give but have a hard time receiving. We like being known as givers but haven’t learned to graciously accept. It takes humility to graciously receive. I pray that God will help me learn to receive love from Him and from others.