The irony is that while God doesn’t need us but still wants us, we desperately need God but don’t really want Him most of the time.

Francis Chan
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The irony is that while God doesn’t need us but still wants us, we desperately need God but don’t really want Him most of the time. The human condition is filled with contradictions like this one. We all want to be loved and accepted but we also do everything we can to push people away. That’s why God sent His Son to die for us, because He knew how miserable we were and that He was the only way out of it.

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