We are not built for mountains and dawns and artistic affinities; they are for moments of inspiration, that is all. We are built for the valley, for the ordinary stuff of life, and this is where we have to prove our mettle. A false Christianity takes us up on the mount and we want to stay there. But what about the devil-possessed world? Oh, let it go to hell! We are having a great time up here.
Oswald Chambers
The best measure of a spiritual life is not its ecstasies but its obedience.
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You cannot have a moral holiday and remain moral, nor can you have a spiritual holiday and remain spiritual. God wants you to be entirely his, and this means that you have to watch to keep yourself fit. It takes a tremendous amount of time. Some of us expect to clear the numberless ascensions* in about two minutes.
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It never cost a disciple anything to follow Jesus; to talk about cost when you are in love with anyone is an insult.
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The test of mountain-top experiences, of mysticism, of visions of God and of solitariness is when you are in the soup of actual circumstances.
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