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"Look up toward the canopy. The papery song of autumn echoes a divine melody and movement of the Spirit. This is the world that the Lord has made."

"God's goal is deeper than emotional and situational change. It is nothing less than personal transformation."

"Ministry, Scripture, and the Spirit speak variously, so be careful how you generalize about sanctification. This is also why any two wise, godly friends will speak differently into your life, even when addressing the same situation. Organic unity and infinite adaptability characterized the wisdom that sanctifies us. there is no formula or pat answer."

"The Christian is always a man or woman under authority. There is always this power, this life, springing up and working within."

“Alas! What are all these destinies thus driven pell-mell? Whither go they? Why are they so?
He who knows that, sees all the shadow.
He is alone. His name is God.”

“The revelations of love are never complete or clear, not in this world. Love is slow and accumulating, and no matter how large or high it grows, it falls short. Love comprehends the world, though we don’t comprehend it.”

“Nothing happens without the permission of the Lamb of God.”

“A holy man will follow after purity of heart. ...He knows his own heart is like tinder, and will diligently keep clear of the sparks of temptation. Who shall dare to talk of strength when David can fall?”

“Faith in Christ’s mercy de-centers you off of yourself and re-centers you onto the living God’s promise and character.”

“We give, forgive, believe, love, and hope imperfectly; we speak, think, and do imperfectly; we fight against the devil, the world, and the flesh imperfectly. Let us, therefore, not be ashamed to confess plainly our state of imperfection.”

“Sin rarely seems sin at its first beginnings. Let us then watch and pray, lest we fall into temptation. We may give wickedness smooth names, but we cannot alter its nature and character in the sight of God.”

“[Lothlorien—] perilous indeed,” said Aragorn, “fair and perilous; but only evil need fear it, or those who bring some evil with them.”

"He felt very wretched. He sat down on the deserted seat. His thoughts strayed aimlessly...He longed to forget himself altogether, to forget everything, and then to wake up and begin life anew..."

Elisabeth Elliott. She's the bomb dot com. Shaping my worldview one small chapter at a time. Slapping me upside the face with her observations and then hugging me with the promises of God.

"But Heaven is not a state of mind. Heaven is reality itself. All that is fully real is heavenly. For all that can be shaken will be shaken and only the unshakeable remains."

"Tolkien's story reminds us that evil is a sleepless force in human lives, and that the war against it demands constant vigilance."

"'I care more how humanity lives than how long.' [Lewis] wrote. 'Progress, for me, means increasing the goodness and happiness of individual lives. For the species, as for each man, mere longevity seems to me a contemptible idea.'"

"I see the sun, and if I don't see the sun, I know it's there. And there's a whole life in that, in knowing that the sun is there."

"And what does ridiculous mean? Isn't everyone constantly being or seeming ridiculous? Besides, nearly all clever people now are fearfully afraid of being ridiculous, and that makes them unhappy. ...It's almost a sort of insanity."