"Either we trust God by affirming all his revealed wisdom, or we play God by deciding what he got wrong."
- John Piper
I lift up my eyes to the hills - where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, Maker of heaven and earth. - Psalm 121:1-2
"Either we trust God by affirming all his revealed wisdom, or we play God by deciding what he got wrong."
- John Piper
"More than that, I count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish so that I may gain Christ"
Lord, I want to lose my expectations of what I think my life is supposed to be like so that I can gain more of Christ. Change my life in any way that you want to - just let me have more of Jesus.
Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
"The heart of another is a dark forest, always, no matter how close it has been to one’s own."
Willa Cather