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“Do you know what happens if you cut grass? You’re not going to get rid of it; you’re going to make it grow. That’s why John the Baptist, preaching on repentance in Luke 3:9 and Matthew 3:10, said you need to lay the “axe to the ROOT.” It’s kind of like chopping off a branch: all you’ve done is, you’ve pruned it! You haven’t chopped the tree down–you’ve made it stronger. That’s why people who try to get rid of their habits by only dealing with the habit instead of the root, end up having worse problems. They’re just cutting the grass. They come every Sunday, they come once a week, and they’re just “cutting the grass.”
― Creative or Reactionary
― Creative or Reactionary
“Life comes from God, and is fulfilled in God (“I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly”29). Liberty comes from God and is fulfilled in God (“[T]he truth will make you free”30). Likewise, the hunger for happiness comes from God and is fulfilled only in God. We are only happy when we are at peace with God (“You keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on you”31). The pursuit of happiness has an end: happiness. The pursuit of pleasure does not end in pleasure, because pleasure is not an end. It does not fulfill; it flees.”
― The Complete Thinker: The Marvelous Mind of G.K. Chesterton
― The Complete Thinker: The Marvelous Mind of G.K. Chesterton
Javier’s 2025 Year in Books
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