The desiring God blog, written by John Piper, has an excellent post today entitled 'The Strange Ways God Arranges to Forgive'. Check it out here.
And because just writing that makes this post seem much too short, I thought we'd have a little John Piper Fest haha. Here are some quotes that I particularly like:
"The longer I live the less optimistic I am that I will end without sin and the more grateful I become for the blood of Christ imputed to me. As I grow older I do not feel myself becoming gloriously holy but I find myself feeling great love for the gospel."
"Faith is looking away from ourselves to another. Faith is total dependance on another. When faith stands in front of a mirror, the mirror becomes a window with the glory of Christ on the other side. Faith looks to Christ and enjoys him as the sum and judge of all that is true and good and right and beautiful and valuable and satisfying."
"God's wisdom exalts what the cross stands for, and human wisdom is offended by what the cross stands for."
"Jesus Christ is not merely the means of our rescue from damnation; he is the goal of our salvation. If he is not satisfying to be with, there is no salvation.
He is not merely the rope that pulls us from the threatening waves; he is the solid beach under our feet, the air in our lungs, and the beat of our heart, and the warm sun on our skin, and the song in our ears, and the arms of our beloved."
Happy Monday everyone
p.s. I haven't forgotten my promise to make Sundays 'poem sundays', however the holidays have messed with my schedule. It will resume this week, so no worries.
