Once you have truly experienced God, no amount of money, power, sex, or fame can keep you from seeking remembrance of your true nature. There is nothing in this transient world that comes close.
the older I get the more I realize that without a higher purpose in life -- without God -- you will go insane.
you will worship a false idol: celebrities, money, politics, pleasure, traveling...and it will never be enough.
I’ve always been a “conspiracy theorist” since 9/11 but COVID really caused me to question everything, beyond just the superficial level, and my search led me to Jesus. He is the Truth.
God honors his favorites by crushing them, drops the whole insufferable wretched weight of purpose on their spines until they either snap into shape or snap entirely. the unburdened, those buoyant grinning vapid little phantoms drifting through their own lives without a single crushing thing to carry, they are forgotten
Give a man free sex, entertainment, and comfort, and he’ll forget his goals.
Give him pain and heartbreak, and he’ll feel like conquering the world.
Dear bro, hard times are a blessing, not a curse.
if the ache is there, the answer is yes. yes you’re meant for more. yes you can have it. yes it’s worth chasing. the only question left is whether you’ll listen to it or spend your life pretending you never felt it. you felt it. you still feel it. go.