A person has to get fed up with the ways of the world before he, before she acquires an appetite for the world of grace.
Eugene H. PetersonOne way to define spiritual life is getting so tired and fed up with yourself you go on to something better, which is following Jesus.
Eugene H. PetersonThe Bible is not a script for a funeral service, but it is the record of God always bringing life where we expected to find death. Everywhere it is the story of resurrection.
Eugene H. PetersonThe word 'christian' means different things to different people. To one person it means a stiff, upright, inflexible way of life, colorless and unbending. To another it means a risky, surprised-filled adventure, lived tiptoe at the edge of expectation...If we get our information from the biblical material, there is no doubt that the Christian life is a dancing, leaping, daring life.
Eugene H. Peterson