we unwittingly project onto God our own attitudes and feelin... - Brennan Manning, Abba's Child: The Cry of the Heart for Intimate Belonging

"we unwittingly project onto God our own attitudes and feelings toward ourselves... But we cannot assume that He feels about us the way we feel about ourselves -- unless we love ourselves compassionately, intensely, and freely."

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