Cynthia

“Adam and Eve weren’t just after God’s forbidden fruit; they were after God’s position.”
― Paul David Tripp, Awe: Why It Matters for Everything We Think, Say, and Do

“Do you know why few of us like to wait? We don’t like to wait because waiting immediately reminds us that we are not in charge. Nothing more quickly offends our delusions of self-sovereignty than being forced to step out of our own schedules and wait for another. Think about it. You have never gotten angry because you have had to wait for you! Only when my heart is progressively in awe of the agenda of One vastly greater and wiser than me will I surrender my schedule to him and be willing to wait for others.”
― Paul David Tripp, Awe: Why It Matters for Everything We Think, Say, and Do

“3. We replace vertical awe with horizontal addiction.”
― Paul David Tripp, Awe: Why It Matters for Everything We Think, Say, and Do

“Sin holds the physical glories of the here-and-now world in front of you and tells you that they are the only glories worth living for. Sin shrinks your zeal and narrows your vision. Sin makes it hard to see beyond the borders of your own life. Grace enables you to tear down fences of self-focus, self-defensiveness, and self-protection so you can reach out to God and others. In so doing you will not only experience true glory, but you will recapture your true humanity.”
― Paul David Tripp, A Quest for More: Living for Something Bigger than You