Pride is that which claims to be the author of what is really a gift.
Interpretation
Pride can lead us to falsely attribute our achievements to ourselves, ignoring the gifts and blessings that contribute to our success.
This quote by Timothy Keller emphasizes the danger of pride, suggesting that it distorts our perception of our accomplishments. It reminds us that many of our achievements are not solely the result of our own efforts but are influenced by external gifts, talents, and circumstances. Recognizing this can foster humility and gratitude in our lives.
In practice
This quote can be shared during a motivational speaking event to highlight the importance of humility.
Falling in love in a Christian way is to say,'I am excited about your future and I want to be part of getting you there. I'm signing up for the journey with you. Would you sign up for the journey to my true self with me? It's going to be hard but I want to get there.
Only in Jesus Christ do we see how the untamable, infinite God can become a baby and a loving Savior. On the cross we see how both the love and the holiness of God can be fulfilled at once.
All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.
While your character flaws may have created mild problems for other people, they will create major problems for your spouse and your marriage.
To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God. It is what we need more than anything. It liberates us from pretense, humbles us out of our self-righteousness, and fortifies us for any difficulty life can throw at us.
God's Kingdom is "present in its beginnings, but still future in its fullness. This guards us from an under-realized eschatology (expecting no change now) and an over-realized eschatology (expecting all change now). In this stage, we embrace the reality that while we're not yet what we will be, we're also no longer what we used to be.
I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity.
I want [my daughter] to look at the world through the underside of a glass-bottom boat, to look through a microscope at the galaxies that exist on the pinpoint of a human mind.
I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle.
La duda es uno de los nombres de la inteligencia.
To err is nature, to rectify error is glory.
As one studies these preconditions, one becomes saddened by the ease with which human potentiality can be destroyed or repressed, so that a fully-human person can seem like a miracle, so improbable a happening as to be awe-inspiring. And simultaneously one is heartened by the fact that self-actualizing persons do in fact exist, that they are therefore possible, that the gauntlet of dangers can be run, that the finish line can be crossed.
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