Jordan Carlson

“We are commanded by Jesus in Matthew 9:38 to pray that the Lord would send out workers into his harvest field (and we should take it as a corollary that if we pray for that, we must also be willing to be part of that mission by being workers in that harvest field).”
― William Philip, Why We Pray

“When we seek the kingdom, I believe we’re seeking a proper order and placement of things. I believe we’re seeking a table and we’re doing work that gives life. I believe we walk in glory, and it becomes our joy to turn our hearts in the direction of the King, who works not from the castle and not beside but from within. The King is our friend. The King no longer calls us servants.4 We aren’t working in the field away from him. We work in communion. We share in the suffering of his labor, yes, but we share in his joy too.”
― Amber C. Haines, Wild in the Hollow: On Chasing Desire and Finding the Broken Way Home

“Living without expectations is hard but, when you can do it, good. Living without hope is harder, and that is bad. You have got to have hope, and you mustn’t shirk it. Love, after all, 'hopeth all things.' But maybe you must learn, and it is hard learning, not to hope out loud, especially for other people. You must not let your hope turn into expectation.”
― Wendell Berry, Hannah Coulter

“The thing we would remember from meeting a truly gospel-humble person is how much they seemed to be totally interested in us. Because the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less.”
― Timothy Keller, The Freedom of Self Forgetfulness