5/10/2023 0 Comments When strivings cease bookWhat is the goal anyway? Do we even know anymore? It’s the voice of the world, the message of our society: ‘You have what it takes if you dig deep enough, try hard enough, you are your own hero, you can achieve anything you set your mind on, go get it girl, it’s yours for the taking.’Īnd since we like control, standards that are measurable, and lists that are checkable, we run that little hamster wheel of striving to be the ever elusive perfect version of ourselves and it is truly never-ending. I don’t know about you, but I definitely feel the exhaustion of striving. Just that phrase- ‘when strivings cease’- doesn’t that sound nice? “Cease striving and know that I am God I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth” (Psalm 46:10) “Could it be that we are so worn and desperate for ways to better ourselves because we’ve missed the power, inherent in the grace of God, that eradicates self-improvement altogether?” When Strivings Cease: Replacing the Gospel of Self-Improvement with the Gospel of Life-Transforming Grace
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