The thing about new things is you feel new when you buy them, you feel as though you are somebody different because you own something different. We are our possessions, you know. There are people who get addicted to buying new stuff. Things. Piles and piles of things. But the new things become old things so quickly. We need new things to replace the old things.

I can no more understand the totality of God than the pancake I made for breakfast understands the complexity of me

Instead of asking what it feels like to follow God or be used by God, we should be asking who God is, and whether we really know Him. Everything else will take care of itself.

Humans are designed to seek comfort and order, and so if they have comfort and order, they tend to plant themselves, even if their comfort isn't all that comfortable. And even if they secretly want for something better.

Relationships unlock certain parts of who we are supposed to be.

Even our beliefs have become trend statements.

When something happens to you, you have two choices in how to deal with it. You can either get bitter, or get better.