Aaron White

“God is not presented as the King, the Sovereign Ruler of all things. He is presented as someone who would like to save men, if only they would allow Him to! When we are told that we are the ones who decide if God’s entire effort on our behalf (including the death of His Son!) is going to be fruitful, or in vain, we automatically produce a picture of God that is far removed from the truth of Scripture.”
― James R. White, The Sovereign Grace of God: A Biblical Study of the Doctrines of Calvinism

“I might be in love with you." He smiles a little. "I'm waiting until I'm sure to tell you, though.”
― Veronica Roth, Divergent

“Do we really believe that God is our Creator? Every time we sin, we betray the fact that we wish it were not so. Sin is a denial of God as Creator. If we really felt, in our innermost being, that we owe all that we are, every second of the day, to our God, how could we even consider rebellion against the one who so mercifully grants to us breath and life? Sin is, truly, utter folly when we realize that God made us for His own purposes, and we are dependent upon Him every moment.”
― James R. White, The Sovereign Grace of God: A Biblical Study of the Doctrines of Calvinism

“A mighty pain to love it is,
And 't is a pain that pain to miss;
But of all pains, the greatest pain
It is to love, but love in vain.”
― Abraham Cowley, The Poems of Abraham Cowley