"[G]rowth in character occurs to the degree that we accept being forgiven as a greater gift than life itself. If the greatest gift is not what I see but how I am seen by the living God, then my gratitude knows no limits. It can grow immeasurably as I suffer through the loss of illusions, the death of dreams, and the shattering of success. Suffering grafts out heart to grace.
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My character is good to the degree that it grows Christ in other people.
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What exactly does it mean to grow in character? Character is grown to the degree that we love God and others. Love that is true and eternal begins with the worship of God who redeems people by His unexpected and unreasonable grace. We grow in character, then, to the degree we are captured by gratitude and awe."
- Dan Allender, Leading with a Limp
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