Sunday, February 20, 2005
Inspiration of the Day
We are all starved for the glory of God, not self. No one goes to the Grand Canyon to increase self-esteem. Why do we go? Because there is greater healing for the soul in beholding splendor than there is in beyolding self. Indeed, what could be more ludicrous in a vast and glorious universe like this than a human being, on the speck called earth, standing in front of a mirror trying to find significance in his own self-image? It is a great sadness that this is thei gospel of the modern world.- from Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ by John Piper
The rhetoric of Piper's arguments is at once both well-written and persuasive. I greatly recommend the book for either a Christian or one whom wants to better understand the Christian mind--although I'm only just beginning the book.
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