Kindle Notes & Highlights
But when I lose my way, I remember where my true North is. That’s what that verse is talking about. All this stuff is temporary, and most days I ain’t sure I’d call it light affliction, but I do know it don’t compare to the glory that waits on the other side for me. And that gives me the strength to endure it.”
How people can look on one another with such hateful judgment, and then sit their rear ends in church on Sunday, is beyond my understanding.”
But as I learned throughout my life, God never brings us to the mountaintop to stay. It’s always to teach us, to show us some part of himself or his plan, or to re-energize us for the fight to come. And as soon as he knows we’re ready, he returns us to the battle.
“Ruby, this is the part you have to understand. You ain’t meant to be strong enough. Be weak. Be humble. Know that it’s God’s strength that will endure, not yours. Just follow him, no matter what. Listen. Be still and listen.”
“No. You’ve confused discernment with judgment. You’re called to discern right from wrong, and to point the way to salvation in the Gospel. You are not called to swing the sword of God and condemn men whose hearts you know nothing about. Only God knows a man’s heart.”
Faith isn’t the act of believing hard enough that God will do what you want him to. It’s believing that no matter what happens, God is good, and his mercy is deeper than any ocean.
