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“For Edwards, to be human entails that we are captivated by whatever our hearts find beautiful.1 Our hearts are often captivated by lesser beauties, things that were meant to point beyond themselves to God’s beauty. We become enamored of things that were supposed to point us to God, and we accept their secondary beauty instead of what is more glorious. We spend a lot of time contemplating the latest sporting events, movies (and their stars), and, maybe more than anything else, the objects of our romantic affections. We are not short on contemplation as a culture, but what is absent is the contemplation of God.”
― John H. Coe, Embracing Contemplation: Reclaiming a Christian Spiritual Practice