from “courage to pray” by met anthony bloom
“that is the beginning of our cry to God. “Lord make me what I should be, change me whatever the cost.” and when we have said these dangerous words, we should be prepared for God to hear them. and these words of God are dangerous because God’s love is remorseless. God wants our salvation with the determinatiion due to its importance. and God, as the shepherd of hermas says “does not leave us till He has broken our heart and bones.“