"But speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him, who is the head, even Christ." 
Ephesians 4:15
"Hope prevents us from clinging to what we have and frees us to move away from the safe place and enter unknown and fearful  territory . . . . It is an act of discipleship in which we follow the hard road of Christ."
Henri Nouwen, The Wounded Healer