Never once does Jesus promise that following him would be easy. Never once does he say it won't require strength and grit. And never once does he give his followers an easy out. But he fills us with his Spirit that you may run and not be weary, walk and not faint, and then says, “Dear one, keep going.”
Read MoreI often use my enjoyment of God as the measuring stick by which I gauge my spiritual health, and that's a bit of a scary thought: what if I measured my spiritual health not by which rules I'm keeping, but by how much I'm enjoying God?
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