If my words don't flow out of a heart that rests in God's control, sovereignty, then they come out of the heart that seeks control so I can get what I want.

You can't believe what a lovely planet we have until you see her from outside.

I wished God were like He used to be, a few notches lower. I wanted Him to be lofty enough to help me but not so uncontrollable. I longed for His warm presence, times when He seemed more… safe.

What defines us as Christians is not most profoundly that we have come to know him but that he took note of us and made us his own.

Most Christians salute the sovereignty of God but believe in the sovereignty of man.

God is more interested in declaring than explaining.