Sojourning Hope

“Wives are told in 1 Peter that they are capable of winning their husbands without a word—and that’s because we can be compelling, powerful, and persuasive without it (1 Pet. 3:1).”
― Rebekah Merkle, Eve in Exile and the Restoration of Femininity

“Our spiritual habits aren’t meant to make us feel like winners or like losers. They are meant to bring us closer to God, to know Him and open our hearts so we can experience His love. The goal is relationship—and in relationships, “winning” and “losing” aren’t relevant categories. Intimacy is.”
― Chris Pappalardo, Building Spiritual Habits in the Home: Small Steps You Can Take Today

“It’s dangerous to be only a little bit educated, because when you’re only a little bit educated you don’t realize how little your education actually is, and you can get carried away with your own wisdom in much the same way that you can get drunk—except the odd part is that when you get drunk, it’s because you have partaken too much, and in the case of education, the drunkenness comes because you haven’t partaken enough. And what you’re partaking of is the fount of wisdom, which I could describe as the fount of the Muses, since they are the source of knowledge in Greek mythology. That’s the fountain from which it’s important to drink deeply in order to be sober, because if you drink from it just barely you will be drunk—not on wisdom but on your own ignorance. So the fountain of knowledge is like alcohol except in reverse.”
― Rebekah Merkle, Eve in Exile and the Restoration of Femininity

“Respond to God by paying attention … at His pace, and in His grace.”
― Chris Pappalardo, Building Spiritual Habits in the Home: Small Steps You Can Take Today