Rebecca

“This small habit, to say my prayers before I look at my phone, seems both tiny and mighty, a small thing to do and to work sometimes laughably beyond my grasp.”
― Sarah Clarkson, Reclaiming Quiet: Cultivating a Life of Holy Attention

“...love is not an action or a feeling or an emotion or an intention....love is meat to be lived. Such love is holistic, not something one turns on or off for this or that person or thing. Its orientation is toward life as a whole. It dwells on good wherever it may be found and supports it in action. Love is nourished by the good and the right and the beautiful.”
― Dallas Willard, Life Without Lack: Living in the Fullness of Psalm 23

“We must live through things like Job did, and become desperate as Job was. What made the difference for Job was that he hung in there and his faith of desperation carried him to the point where God showed up and Job could say, "I've heard about you, but now I've seen you." It was an undeniable experience of God, and it changed his life. His vision of God was now so great that he realized what had happened to him didn't matter. That is the deep faith of sufficiency.”
― Dallas Willard, Life Without Lack: Living in the Fullness of Psalm 23

“Human desire is infinite by its nature; it cannot be satisfied. You must take your stand against it because you cannot satisfy it. You can never get enough money, if you want money. You can never get enough power, if you want power. You can never get enough love, you can never get enough glory. It is impossible. So fundamental is this truth that every person who wishes to follow Christ must understand it. He spoke directly to the point: "Unless you lose your life, for my sake, you cannot follow me. Unless you take up the cross, you cannot follow me" (Matt. 16:24 par). The cross means the acceptance of limitation on desire. Without establishing this for yourself, there can only be frustration and worse, for you simply cannot satisfy a desire... Desire is infinite, partly because we were made by God, made for God, made to need God, and made to run on God. We can be satisfied only by the one who is infinite, eternal, and able to supply all our needs; we are only at home in God.”
― Dallas Willard, Life Without Lack: Living in the Fullness of Psalm 23