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“Safe?” said Mr. Beaver; “don’t you hear what Mrs. Beaver tells you? Who said anything about safe? ‘Course he isn’t safe. But he’s good. He’s the King, I tell you.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

“God knows the time for joy and truly Will send it when he sees it meet When He has tried and purged thee duly And found thee free from all deceit. He comes to thee all unaware And makes thee own His loving care.3”
― John Piper, When I Don't Desire God: How to Fight For Joy

“Always you renounce a lesser good for a greater; the opposite is what sin is. . . . The struggle to submit . . . is not a struggle to submit but a struggle to accept and with passion. I mean, possibly, with joy. Picture me with my ground teeth stalking joy—fully armed too as it’s a highly dangerous quest. FLANNERY O’CONNOR The Habit of Being”
― John Piper, When I Don't Desire God: How to Fight For Joy

“The faith that honors Christ is the faith that sees and savors his glory in all his works, especially the gospel.”
― John Piper, When I Don't Desire God: How to Fight For Joy