I don't have a problem with delegation. I love to delegate. I am either lazy enough, or busy enough, or trusting enough, or congenial enough, that the notion leaving tasks in someone else's lap doesn't just sound wise to me, it sounds attractive.

Nobody lives up to the norms that God had in mind when he first created human beings.

God sees with utter clarity who we are. He is undeceived as to our warts and wickedness. But when God looks at us that is not all He sees. He also sees who we are intended to be, who we will one day become.

True joy, as it turns out, comes only to those who have devoted their lives to something greater than personal happiness. This is most visible in extraordinary lives, in saints and martyrs. But it is no less true for ordinary people like us.

The Bible does not say you are God’s appliance; it says you are his masterpiece. Appliances get mass-produced.

Habits eat good intentions for breakfast.

Over and over in the Bible, it is fear that threatens to keep people from trusting and obeying God.