Your talent will open the door but only your character can keep you there.
Christine CaineRead
Even though I only just found out that I was adopted, God has always known, and he has always loved me. And since that has never changed, therefore nothing has essentially changed. I may not be who I thought I was, but I still am who he says I am. I am more. I am loved. I am his.
Interpretation
This quote expresses the profound love of God and the enduring identity that comes from being loved and accepted.
In this quote, Christine Caine reflects on the experience of discovering her adoption, highlighting that despite this life-altering revelation, the fundamental truth of her worth and God's love for her has remained unchanged. She emphasizes that her identity is not defined by human circumstances but by divine love, affirming that her true essence comes from being loved by God, which transcends any external circumstances.
In practice
In a motivational speech about self-acceptance and faith.
She stood a moment before my eyes, clearly and painfully, loved and deeply woven into my destiny; then fell away again in a deep oblivion, at a half regretted distance.
They were stars on this stage, each playing to an audience of two: the passion of their pretense created the actuality. Here, finally, was the quintessence of self-expression-- yet it was probable that for the most part their love expressed Gloria rather than Anthony. He felt often like a scarecly tolerated guest at a party she was giving.
Thus with my lips have I denounced you, while my heart, bleeding within me, called you tender names. It was love lashed by its own self that spoke. It was pride half slain that fluttered in the dust. It was my hunger for your love that raged from the housetop, while my own love, kneeling in silence, prayed your forgiveness.
That is what the forest taught me. That you will never be mine, and that is why I will never lose you...." ......... "I will always remember you, and you will remember me, just as we will remember the evening, the rain on the window, and all the things we'll always have because we cannot possess them
I love the silent hour of night, for blissful dreams may then arise, revealing to my charmed sight what may not bless my waking eyes.
It is the nature of love to love as much as we feel we are loved and to love whatever the one we love loves.
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