Brendan Morgan
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Brendan Morgan
Simplicity is difficult because most of us are overcompensating for uncertainty. Adding something is easy. But removing something is hard, because it requires conviction. It’s easier to hedge against uncertainty, entertain multiple paths, and dilute your focus than to develop a strong opinion about what to exclude.
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{Psalm 28}
“It is said,” said Rutherford, speaking of the Saviour’s delay in responding to the request of the Syrophenician woman, “ ‘he answered not a word,’ but it is not said, he heard not a word. These two differ much. Christ often heareth when he doth not answer—his not answering is an answer, and speaks thus—‘pray on, go on and cry, for t
When God seems silent and our prayers go unanswered, the overwhelming temptation is to leave the story—to walk out of the desert and attempt to create a normal life. But when we persist in a spiritual vacuum, when we hang in there during ambiguity, we get to know God. In fact, that is how intimacy grows in all close relationships.
David Powlison • A Praying Life
We won't be held accountable for how much we have done, but for how much we have done of what He has asked us to do.
- Wayne Cordeiro, Leading On Empty, pg 79
comment - Cordeiro's point is that a fair amount of what we have done is extraneous. While not necessarily bad, it is fluff. One of the keys to being effective over the longterm is to focus in
Strangely, life gets harder when you try to make it easy.
Exercising might be hard, but never moving makes life harder.
Uncomfortable conversations are hard, but avoiding every conflict is harder.
Mastering your craft is hard, but having no skills is harder.
Easy has a cost.