Quotes Worth Remembering.

So I'm reading with highlighter in-hand, because so many times we read things and they sound great or impactful at the time, but we never remember it. I want to remember this stuff, therefore highlighting is the answer :-p
I've (in my hate for reading) conquered 60 pages since yesterday, and I'm probably going to need to reread the whole book, just to understand and actually soak up everything I'm reading. It's definitely a great read though, and I'm half looking forward to conquering other christian books! It really has to be something I'm interested in in order for me to sit and read it. Fiction just ain't my thing :)

ANYWAYS! Back to the book, right.... who needs endless blabbing!
These are just a few quotes I'm sharing that have rocked my world from the first 60 pages.

"By surrendering yourself totally to God's purposes, He will bring you the most pleasure in this life and the next." (Pg. 21)
"I believe that He wants is to love others so much that we go to extremes to help them." (21)
"The core problem isn't the fact that we're lukewarm, halfhearted, or stagnant Christians. The crux of it all is why we are this way, and it is because we have an inaccurate view of God. We see Him as a benevolent Being who is satisfied when people manage to fit Him into their lives in some small way. We forget that God never had an identity crisis. He knows that He's great and deserves to be the center of our lives." (22)
"The wise man comes to God without saying a word and stands in awe of Him. It may seem a hopeless endeavor, to gaze at the invisible God. But Romans 1:20 tells us that through creation, we see His "invisible qualities" and "divine nature."" (25)
"Men are never duly touched and impressed with a conviction of their significance, until they have contrasted themselves with the majesty of God." (26)
"God's art speaks of Himself, reflecting who He is and what He is like." (28)
"There is an epidemic of spiritual amnesia going around, and none of us is immune. No matter how many fascinating details we learn about God's creation, no matter how many pictures we see of His galaxies, and no matter how many sunsets we watch, we still forget." (29)
"When we love God because we feel we should love Him, instead of genuinely loving out of our true selves, we have forgotten who God really is." (29)
"A lot of people say that whatever you believe about God is fine, so long as you are sincere. But that is comparable to describing your friend in one instance as a three-hundred-pound sumo wrestler and in another as a five-foot-two, ninety-pound gymnast. No matter how sincere you are in your explanations, both descriptions of your friend simply cannot be true." (31)
"Isn't it a comfort to worship a God we cannot exaggerate?" (31)
"God exists out of time, and since we are within time, there is no way we will ever totally grasp that concept." (31)
"Not being able to fully understand God is frustrating, but it is ridiculous for us to think we have the right to limit God to something we are capable of comprehending." (31-32)
"Can you worship a God who isn't obligated to explain His actions to you? Could it be your arrogance that makes you think God owes you an explanation?" (33)
"God is the only Being who is good, and the standards are set by Him. When you get your own universe, you can make your own standards. When we disagree, let's not assume it's His reasoning that needs correction." (34)
"[God] cannot be contained in this world, explained by our vocabulary, or grasped by our understanding." (35)
"Intellectually we all know that we will die, but we do not really know it in the sense that the knowledge becomes a part of us. We do not really know it in the sense of living as though it were true. On the contrary, we tend to live as though our lives would go on forever. (Frederick Beuchner)" (40)
"When I am consumed by my problems--stressed out about my life, my family, and my job--I actually convey the belief that I think the circumstances are more important than God's command to always rejoice." (41) [Phil. 4:4]
"Worry Implies that we don't quite trust that God is big enough, powerful enough, or loving enough to take care of what's happening in our lives." (42)
"Stress says that the things we are involved in are important enough to merit our impatience, our lack of grace towards others, or our tight grip of control. "(42)
"A man by his sin may waste himself, which is to waste that which is on earth is most like God. This is man's greatest tragedy and God's heaviest grief. (A.W. Tozer)" (50)
"All that matters is the reality of who we are before God." (50)


Not all are as profound as others, but if you're still with me right now, you've had a few though provoking moments, or a few confused ones, as some of these are quite difficult for me to try to comprehend... either way you feel, or think, there's something here for all of us. And remember.... that was just the fist 60!
......Stay tuned!