This is the humbling truth that lies at the heart of Christianity. We love to be our own saviors. Our hearts love to manufacture glory for themselves. So we find messages of self-salvation extremely attractive, whether they are religious (Keep these rules and you earn eternal blessing) or secular (Grab hold of these things and you’ll experience blessing now).

Love is counting someone else’s needs and interests as more important than your own needs or interests or comfort.

Occasionally God rips aside the veil, and you begin to see this very fact: All things happen for you. All things. Everything is knit together.

God takes our misery and suffering so seriously that he was willing to take it on himself.

Whatever you base your life on--you have to live up to that. Jesus is the one Lord you can live for who already died for you.

Living is giving....If you spend your money on yourself, you are just surviving. But if you want your life to count, if you want to really live - give.

We were designed to know, serve, and love God supremely - and when we are faithful to that design, we flourish.