"Curiosity requires courage. You must be willing to ask questions even when they threaten everyone around you. Faith is more than believing; it is an act of courage, a bold grasping of God's truth. Faith is a wrestling match with God, an intense struggle with truth in an attempt to squeeze every bit of knowledge out of it. Curiosity is the shape of our hunger for God. We question God without apology, we march into the presence of God bringing our armfuls of questions- without fear- because God is not afraid of them. People are afraid. Institutions are afraid. But God is not."
-Michael Yaconelli, Dangerous Wonder
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Wow. This is so, so, so good. I was going to recommend a book to you. I haven't read it myself but am going to the library Monday to see if they have it. I got an email with this quote in it from the book.
"As long as I am inside the gospel, I experience all the protection I need from the powers of evil that rage against me. It is for this reason that the Bible tells me to "take up" and "put on" the whole armor of God (Eph 6); and the pieces of armor it tells me to put on are all merely synonyms for the gospel. Translated literally from the Greek, they are ". . .the salvation . . . the justification . . . truth . . . the gospel of peace . . . the faith . . . [and the] . . .word of God." What are all these expressions but various ways of describing the gospel? Therefore, if I wish to stand victorious in Jesus, I must do as the songwriter suggests and "put on the gospel armor, each piece put on with prayer." (Stand up, Stand up for Jesus written by George Duffield, Jr.) That God would tell me to "take up" and "put on" this gospel armor alerts me to the fact that I do not automatically come into each day protected by the gospel. In fact, these commands imply that I am vulnerable to defeat and injury unless I seize upon the gospel and arm myself with it from head to toe. And what better way is there to do this than to preach the gospel to myself and to make it the obsession of my heart throughout each day?"
Milton Vincent, A Gospel Primer for Christians
I hope you're doing well. Praying for you. Love.
Emily
Wow. That's a great quote too. And now i really want to read that book. Thanks for sharing!...and let me know how it is if you read it before i get to :)
Thanks for praying. I am well.
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