Sublime

True joy flows not from privilege or prosperity, but from the deepest springs of grace.

(Mike Wilkerson’s book Redemption and Justin and Lindsey Holcomb’s book Rid of My Disgrace are excellent.)

God’s rules aren’t about diminishing their joy and freedom but about increasing it.

God never requires something of us that He keeps us in the dark about.

In God’s economy, everyone benefits by everyone contributing.

Third, it’s about drawing near.

We come to know and trust God’s love more deeply through our own crosses, the things that make us feel we cannot go on, the things that make us tired—the

The most profound ways that we encounter God are often in affliction.