Not being able to fully understand God is frustrating but it is ridiculous for us to think we have the right to limit God to something we are capable of comprehending. What a stunted, insignificant god that would be! If my mind is the size of a soda can and God is the size of all the oceans, it would be stupid for me to say He is only the small amount of water I can scoop into my little can. God is so much bigger, so far beyond our time-encased, air/food/sleep-dependent lives.

The truth is that the Spirit of the living God is guaranteed to ask you to go somewhere or do something you wouldn't normally want or choose to do. The Spirit will lead you into the way of the cross, as He led Jesus to the cross, and that is definitely not a safe or pretty or comfortable place to be. The Holy Spirit of God will mold you into the person you were made to be.

We need to be more concerned about who we are before God than our reputation before people.

Joy is something that we have to choose and then work for.

...I don't think my church's teachings were incorrect, just incomplete.

Our lack of intimacy is due to our refusal to unplug and shut off communication from all others so we can be alone with Him.

Only the Holy Spirit can give you the power to not think about yourself, to set you free from yourself.