The decision to grow always involves a choice between risk and comfort. This means that to be a follower of Jesus, you must renounce comfort as the ultimate value of your life.
John OrtbergAt the deepest level, pride is the choice to exclude both God and other people from their rightful place in our hearts. Jesus said the essence of the spiritual life is to love God and to love people. Pride destroys our capacity to love.
John OrtbergLove and hurry are fundamentally incompatible. Love always takes time, and time is the one thing hurried people don't have.
John Ortberg