As Bill Sees It

To define the word “harm” in a practical way, we might call it the result of instincts in collision, which cause physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual damage to those about us.

When fear persisted, we knew it for what it was,

“Day by day, we try to move a little toward God’s perfection. So we need not be consumed by maudlin guilt for failure to achieve His likeness and image by Thursday next. Progress is our aim, and His perfection is the beacon, light-years away, that draws us on.”

Those adolescent urges that so many of us have for complete approval, utter security, and perfect romance—urges quite appropriate to age seventeen—prove to be an impossible way of life at forty-seven or fifty-seven.

Just how and when we tell the truth—or keep silent—can often reveal the difference between genuine integrity and none at all.

he has received a great gift,

We neither ran nor fought. But accept we did. And then we began to be free.

We have found that God does not make too hard terms with those who seek Him.

grow up, emotionally and spiritually.