CHAPTER 17
Kids don’t buy metaphors. They’re saving up for candy.
If you walk in humility you won’t hit your head so often.
Nothing ever seems to happen fast enough for me…
mostly because I don’t recognize what’s really happening.
There’s no such thing as a free Snickers.
The anvil breaks a host of hammers by quietly bearing their blows. Spurgeon
Eternal life is not a gift from God; eternal life is the gift of God. Oswald
Dying takes a lifetime.
Can you fart in your dreams? Well, basically, it’s not a good idea.
The fear of the Lord is the deep reverence of God. This is of the Eternal Beginnings, the Nature of Wisdom.
Play like you hair’s on fire.
God is sharing.
Providence is nothing more than goodness in action. Spurgeon
A Jew’s catechism is his calendar. Rabbi Samson Hirsch
Boundaries are often made outa bricks of bullshit.
Depression turns us from ordinary joys wherein healing awaits.
Bureaucracy exists to say no.
Stop beating around the burning bush.
You know, I’ve tried to wrap my head around a lotta things, in my life, and I… you know, it’s caused some wrinkles.
Do you think…Eve was pretty?
What wells you frequent speaks of your thirst.
So here’s the deal. Good is infinite. Evil was finite.
A vein of good is to be found in every mine of evil. Spurgeon
CHAPTER 14
The dock you build needs to be big enough for your ship to come in. But a canoe can hold all you need.
“There is no reason why I should, but there are a thousand reasons why I should not.” Spurgeon. Just ask Adam or Eve. That one reason was all there was. It should have been… but too late. Willie
How thick is the skin on your teeth? Job 19. 20.
God can do stuff that’s very realistic.
Whatever you have of God, is a sure target of the enemy.
If you shave my head, don’t expect me to comb my hair.
“Though it tarries, wait for it…” (Habakkuk 2:3).
Sorrow will sleep, so you…get up and eat.
“..if providence tarries, tarry till providence comes.” The Puritan said, “As sure as ever a Christian carves for himself, he’ll cut his own fingers;” this is a great truth. Said another old divine, “He that goes before the cloud of God’s providence goes on a fool’s errand;” and so he does. Spurgeon February 9th.
So, be enquiring of Him. Willie
God had one Son without sin; but he has no son without temptation. Spurgeon February 9th
Don’t hunt temptation, you’re already being stalked. Willie
Sleep in your armor. Always.
You better learn how to float.
Big trampolines of thought are better than little ones. But watch out, because you can break your neck.
Sin is defamation of the King of Kings.
Are not tears but liquid prayers?
A fanatic is one who entrenches himself in invincible ignorance. Oswald.
A Christ follower is one who entrenches himself in the invincible Truth, Christ in us, our only hope of glory. Willie
