Just a tidbit I picked up from this fall's commencement address at Wheaton College. The address was given by Joni Earekson Tada, and recorded in Wheaton, Autumn 2005.
"When I was in Ghana, delivering wheelchairs and Bibles not long ago, I met a disabled man who said, 'Joni, welcome to our country, where God is so much bigger. He is bigger here, Joni, because we need him more.' God always seems bigger to those who need Him most. And to be intimate with the Savior is to wake up in the morning, needing Him desperately.
"Maybe the really disabled people are those who wake up in the morning; and when their alarm clock goes off, they scarf down breakfast, take a quick shower, and head out the door on automatic cruise control, not needing God so desperately.
"And if you're the type who goes out the front door, to pursue the self-fulfillment and self-promotion, and the self-ambition and the vain conceit, please know that God opposes you. But He gives grace, upon grace, upon grace, to the humble. And who are the humble? Simply, people who are often decimated by their own weaknesses."
Posted by nickles at October 4, 2005 11:43 AM | TrackBackthanks bob for the encouragement!! mb
Posted by: mary bell at October 4, 2005 04:43 PMThat is so scary to think of all the times in my life I have been on automatic cruise control and not even know it. But even worse, not even care. Absolute Grace!!! How quickly I forget that.
Thanks for the reminder. :)
Posted by: NK at October 4, 2005 08:01 PM