We cannot improve the world if we are conformed to the world.
Listening is one of the forms of love.
The dues of discipleship are high indeed, and how much we can take so often determines how much we can then give.
Personal, spiritual symmetry emerges only from the shaping of prolonged obedience. Twigs are bent, not snapped into shape.
Even the good can become careless without the Lord's being there to chasten.
True discipleship is for volunteers only. Only volunteers will trust the Guide sufficiently to follow Him in the dangerous ascent which only He can lead.