Ch 11 Repair
“I think confession is liberation” p. 137
“dismantle their delusion of heroism or victimhood and begin to tell the truth of their offense, a sacred rest becomes available to them. You are no longer fighting suspend the delusion of self. You can just lie down and be in your own sling. And as you rest, the conscience you were born with solely begins to regenerate. “ p. 137
“confession alone…serves the confessor more than the oppressed.” p. 137
“Reparations are required…what has been stolen must be returned.” p. 138
even God themself is not too bold to undo the way things were meant to be, to show the most tragic and noble reparation” p. 138
“Sincere remorse” “apologize with grave specificity…look at me…describe what in you made you do it…I want your soul to write lie it was the back of God that was cut” AND “ask to be forged” p. 140
Forgiveness can grow slowly and unity/reconciliation can be slow and painful p. 141 (Black woman’s answer)
“I don’t know if liberation depends on our reconciliation with others, but I am certain it at least depends on our reconciliation with ourselves” peace with her body, protected her inflamed legs instead of enemies p. 144
Touch Christ’s Wounds?
Father’s recovery did not feel like triumph “you feel ashamed. It’s once you’re clean that you remember.” p. 145
“As we heal, the need for more healing becomes apparent to us. It is painful, but healing makes us better perceivers of what is still hurting.” pp. 145
Father has 1,000 scars that “welded his selfhood back down and delivered back to me. I am indebted to every mark.” p. 146
Ch. 13 Joy
“When your child chooses you…” p. 159
I think we were made to e delighted in. And I think it takes just as much strength to believe someone’s joy about you as it does to muster it all on your own.” p. 159
“I think when we give ourselves to play, the scope of ours lives expands.” p. 160
“After all, it is only in anticipation of sorrow that joy seems frivolous.” p. 161
“We become so used to bracing for the next devastation we don’t have time or emotional energy to rejoice. “ p. 161 “Some of us even begin to believe we are not worthy of pleasure or play.”
“You know it’s joy when you feel it in your entire body” p. 163 Great Grandma Hedges “built for fun”
“My gramma’s deepest experiences of joy come in moments when if feels as if something has been restored or renews. When repair happens, we must bear witness to it. Joy does that. IT trains us toward a spirituality that isn’t rife with toxic positivity but is capable of telling the truth and celebrations when restoration has indeed happened.” p. 165
Depressed, “it was not that my family wanted me happy; it was that they wanted me close. They didn’t wan for me the kind of sadness that alienates you.” p. 168
“Mine is a joy born not of laughter but of peace. That is okay. p. 169
Ezra 3:13
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