Prodigal: I have such good friends!
Me: I agree, I do too, they are genuine in a world that is focused on the superficial at times.
Prodigal: Thank God for my true friends!
This is from the book Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth by Richard Foster
Superficiality is the curse of our age. The doctrine of instant satisfaction is a primary spiritual problem. The desperate need today is not for a great number of intelligent people, or gifted people, but for deep people.
The classical Disciplines of the spiritual life call us to move beyond surface living in to the depths. They invite us to explore the inner caverns of the spiritual realm. They urge us to be the answer to a hollow world. John Woolman counsels, “It is good for thee to dwell deep, that thou mayest feel and understand the spirits of people.”
Today don’t try to impress, or focus on numbers. Focus on the intimacy of a relationship with Christ, and how that brings about closer connections to people. You are not the most intelligent person, or the only gifted person. You are someone who does know the Lord.
Proverbs 12:25
Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad.
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
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