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A young woman named Mei, struggling with a new addiction, sat next to him. She was crying.

But the new Lin Wei—the one who had just surrendered his fig leaves—simply put his arm around her.

He looked at his life. His prayer life was a frantic attempt to keep God from being angry. His service was a ladder he was climbing to reach a heaven that felt farther every year. He had turned the infinite ocean of grace into a tiny, leaky bucket of works. The Complete Works of Watchman Nee - Grace In Christianity

“Brother Lin Wei,” she whispered. “I failed again. I don’t think God wants me anymore.”

“That’s not a goal,” Lin Wei said softly. “It’s a receipt. Paid in full.” A young woman named Mei, struggling with a

That night, unable to sleep, he opened to a random chapter. The title was “The Deception of the Natural Life.” Watchman Nee wrote about the difference between doing good and being good. He wrote about Adam’s fig leaves—religion sewn by human hands to cover a shame that only God’s sacrifice could heal.

On a bottom shelf, tucked between a feng shui manual and a romance novel, was a thick, worn paperback: The Complete Works of Watchman Nee - Volume 7: Grace In Christianity . He looked at his life

He simply whispered, “Lord… I quit.”