For some time now, my mom has had the following A.W. Tozer quotation on her fridge. It came into my mind this morning while I was meditating so I wanted to share it with you.
A real Christian is an odd number anyway. He feels supreme love for One whom he has not seen, talks familiarly to someone he cannot see, expects to go to heaven on the virtue of another, empties himself in order to be full, admits he is wrong so he can be declared right, goes down in order to get up, is strongest when he is weakest, richest when he is poorest, and happiest when he feels worst. He dies so he can live, forsakes in order to have, gives away so he can keep, sees the invisible, hears the inaudible, and knows that which passes knowledge.
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Awesome quote, my man!
“That Incredible Christian” is such an awesome chapter/essay. Thanks for sharing these paradoxes. Happy tensions!
That’s pretty powerful.