No big shocker that following Jesus is costly. The best things in life always are.
Don't dwell on your insufficiency, but dwell on God's all-sufficiency.
Sin has a way of shrinking God down and puffing ourselves up.
It is because of our foolishness that we forget who God is.
But to mean it when I say that I want my life to count for His glory is to drive a stake through the heart of self - a painful and determined dying to me that must be a part of every day I live.
Faithfully carry what God has put in your hands right now. This is God’s will.