Prayer and Ego

I was going through some old books, and I came across the following quote:

"Healing is far more radical than destruction. Through Jesus, I do not see a God who is interested in destroying any part of us, whether the blocks, the problems or the ego itself. I do see a God who offers to baptise, marry, heal and transform the ego." (Flora Slosson Wuellner, in Prayer, Stress and Our Inner Wounds)

How astonishing is this statement? I have heard self-aware, deeply spiritual people of no particular faith tradition, endorse statements like 'destroy the ego'. The poor 'ego' has been made culprit of all forms of evil, sabotaging our best spiritual efforts, and at a rational level, this seems to make sense. And yet, here we have a totally different view of the process--that God does not work His work of redemption through destruction but rather through healing and transformation. This does not mean that God accepts 'evil' (or selfishness, or fear, or anger or whatever you associate with the ego), but that through God, when we offer it up to God in response to His invitation, it is transformed. How little room this quote leaves for judgement of ourselves or others! And could this be applied to our interactions with society and it's ills as well?