These quotes struck a chord with me this morning... "When it comes down to it, apart from Christ we have very warped views of what the abundant life is all about." --from Practical Theology for Women by Wendy Alsup, p.38 It's easy to lose sight of Christ and His best for me. from my Bible study this morning by Cynthia Heald, she put it better than I could "If I am abiding --spending time alone with God and His Word--then my heart is being trained to ask for the eternal things of God. My heart becomes set on "things above, not on things that are on earth"." from Becoming a Woman of Prayer, p. 32 "We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased." from The Weight of Glory by C.S. Lewis ...