The End of Me: Where Real Life in the Upside-Down Ways of Jesus Begins
Jesus became real when … I came to the end of me.
Kyle Idleman • The End of Me: Where Real Life in the Upside-Down Ways of Jesus Begins
By brokenness, I mean the acknowledgment of it, the full and unflinching acceptance that we are bankrupt, poor in spirit, and have nothing to offer.
Kyle Idleman • The End of Me: Where Real Life in the Upside-Down Ways of Jesus Begins
Jesus is saying that God’s kingdom begins in you when you come to the end of yourself and realize you have nothing to offer.
Kyle Idleman • The End of Me: Where Real Life in the Upside-Down Ways of Jesus Begins
They say life is but a dream, but if so, there are too many abrupt wake-ups in it. I bet you’ve had more than a few. I mean those times when life was on cruise control, but then something happened and you were suddenly in for a rough ride. The end of me often comes when my dreams come to an end.
Kyle Idleman • The End of Me: Where Real Life in the Upside-Down Ways of Jesus Begins
we want to be made whole without having to be broken.
Kyle Idleman • The End of Me: Where Real Life in the Upside-Down Ways of Jesus Begins
Reaching the end of me is a daily journey I must make because it’s where Jesus shows up and my real life in him begins.
Kyle Idleman • The End of Me: Where Real Life in the Upside-Down Ways of Jesus Begins
Here’s one to think about: the less you see your own brokenness, the more broken you are.
Kyle Idleman • The End of Me: Where Real Life in the Upside-Down Ways of Jesus Begins
As their eyes lock, there is no judgment, no looking at her as a mound of garbage that needs removal. She is broken and she knows it, but he sees something else. She is beautifully broken.
Kyle Idleman • The End of Me: Where Real Life in the Upside-Down Ways of Jesus Begins
He begins to introduce us to the great kingdom paradox: at the end of me, I find real life in him.