Carl

“The problem. “I’m the guy who’s got everything. I know,” says Hollywood actor Brad Pitt in a Rolling Stone interview. “But I’m telling you, once you get everything, then you’re just left with yourself. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: It doesn’t help you sleep any better, and you don’t wake up any better because of it.”
― Jeff Haanen, An Uncommon Guide to Retirement: Finding God's Purpose for the Next Season of Life

“Abraham Kuyper said, “There is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry, ‘Mine!”
― Michael Reeves, Authentic Ministry: Serving from the Heart

“Religion is what I do for God. Christianity is what God has already done for me. Religion is an effort. Christianity is a gift.”
― Charles R. Swindoll, The Swindoll Study Bible NLT

“In the center of this value system is our definition of success. No rational human being wants to be a failure. No one wants to think that he has wasted his life. No one wants to think that in the end she will look back and realize that she invested in things that just didn’t matter. Everyone wants to think that his or her life is or will be successful. But what is success?”
― Paul David Tripp, New Morning Mercies: A Daily Gospel Devotional