It takes great wisdom to be childlike
Religion is when you try to work on yourself to get closer to God. Spiritual growth is when God works on yourself to get closer to you Religion is like man climbing a ladder to get to God. Spiritual growth is God coming down to meet you where you’re at and then bettering you so He can bring you up If your spiritual walk feels heavy, that’s most likely religion. If you feel lighter, if you feel free, if you have liberty and peace, things don’t affect you that much — it is spiritual growth Religion says do more. Relationship with God says you are enough because I sent somebody to do all of your work Religion says it is not enough. Spiritual growth says it is finished, τετελεσται
“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”
Grace is not a license to sin, grace is the power to overcome sin — because you are free
Teach thy tongue to say ‘I do not know’ and thou shalt progress — Maimonides
Be OK with not being OK
The issue isn’t that God is silent, it’s that we often expect Him to sound like us too
People think peace is no problems. No, peace is whether there’s a problem or not, we overcome it and in the end we prevail — that’s what gives us peace
Politics is simply theatre for the slave class
It’s a sign of intelligence to change your opinion after learning new information