Earlier today my wife Jordan Instagramed this paragraph from Elyse Fitzpatrick’s book Good News for Weary Women. I look forward to reading this book because I know it contains Good News for weary pastors as well.
“There are only two possible destinations when you begin your race from the starting line that reads “I’m going to be better-really, I am.” There will be either despair or pride, depression or anger, self-pity or contempt for others. There is no other possibility, because the race for self-perfection always turns us inward and therefore away from the only source of help- God’s mercy and grace. The fires of hell at the end of that road are set ablaze with billions of self-help messages that whisper Satan’s lie: “You will be like God”. These messages teach us to trust in ourselves and our ability to get better, while they suffocate us in pride.”
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