The happy do not believe in miracles.
I had turned personal validation into my primary source of meaning and value, so that without it I was miserable and depressed.
The people who tend to be the most gracious are those who know how badly they need grace
Your identity is firmly anchored in Christ's accomplishment, not yours; his strength, not yours; his performance, not yours; his victory, not yours.
Legalism says God will love us if we change. The gospel says God will change us because He loves us.
God's acceptance of us cannot be gained by our successes nor forfeited by our failures.
Here's one way I can know that I've forgotten the gospel of grace: when your sin bothers me more than my sin.
The other mammoths were as protective of the dying as they were of newborns, and they gathered around tying to make the fallen one get up. When all was over, they buried the dead ancestor under piles of dirt, grass, leaves, or snow. Mammoths were even known to bury other dead animals, including humans.
I probably shouldn't treat interviews as therapy sessions, but I don't keep a diary, so these end up being my way of keeping track of where I'm at and letting it all out.
Young man, the games we play are lessons we learn. The assumptions we make, things we ignore, and things we change make us what we become.
While the white man keeps the impetus of his own proud, onward march, the dark races will yield and serve, perforce. But let the white man once have a misgiving about his own leadership, and the dark races will at once attack him, to pull him down into the old gulfs.