Sublime

Coming to the end of oneself is the way out of disordered freedom. And so the irony: my freedom of choice brings me to the point where I need someone else to give me a will that is actually free.

What will be left when the walls of constructed identity come down?

When you base your worth and identity on your relationship to Christ, you are freed from the expectations of others, and that allows you to really serve them best.

What if the opposite of loneliness is finding ourselves together? What if friends aren’t threats or competitors but gifts?

People stay largely as they are, but what does change is the way they see things. They view the world and themselves with eyes full of wonder; they see everything in a freer and more detached way. Fear is part of the human condition and is never permanently uprooted or eradicated. Yet we can choose not to let it dictate the agenda of our lives.

Auschwitz God died, and we are alone in a pitiless universe.

A. W. Tozer said, “The reason why many are still troubled, still seeking, still making little forward progress is because they haven’t yet come to the end of themselves. We’re still trying to give orders, and interfering with God’s work within us.”