Ed Shaw Quotes

Two Quotes by: Ed Shaw of The Gospel Coalition, Australia

Jesus knows what it’s like to stand on the sidelines of a wedding watching the couple take the first dance, enjoying an intimacy that was not open to him.
Jesus knows what it’s like to watch a parent proudly parade their newly born child, recognising that will never be his experience.
Jesus knows what it’s like to be treated as an incomplete human being in a culture where everybody else is pairing up with their ‘other half’ and encouraging you to do the same.
Jesus knows what it’s like to stand behind the couple who can’t take their hands off each other, whilst aching himself for some meaningful touch.
Jesus knows what it’s like to be asked about your wife and children and having to explain – yet again – that you are over 30 and still single.

Source here on the Internet. Dated: 2nd April 2022.
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I’m wanting the young people who come to this event to know that Jesus is the one person that they can fully trust with their sexualities, identities and gender because he is both their Creator God and a human being who knows what it is like to grapple with a sexuality, identity and gender.
Source here on the Internet. Dated: 9th February 2022.

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