“That to need God is nothing to be ashamed of but is perfection itself, and that it is the saddest thing of all if a human being goes through life without discovering that he needs God.” p.87
Wow! I love the way he says this. Every time I read this sentence it is just as profound as the first time. I think he is really hitting on something that is especially big for the American culture (Dr. Mitchell, I think I got it!!! :D). Americans are very independent people. We hate to say we need other people. It embarrasses us to say “hey, I am struggling will you help me”. Why? My guess would be it is, more often than not, to do with our pride. But there “is nothing to be ashamed of” that we need God. He is the creator of everything! Our perfection is in Him alone. I can not even elaborate any more on what he said because it speaks for itself.
“indeed, what is as beautiful as feminine generosity.”
I think this is funny because the guy is talking about how his wife remarried thinking that he was dead, releasing him from his duty as a married man. But is he really released? He is not dead, the only thing is his wife does not know that. If he did not want to be married, he should have never married…
PS - Commented on Rachel K.
Prideful...Americans. No surprise comes from this assertion ;)
ReplyDeleteGreat quotes though. K seems to hit on a lot of really foundational thoughts about human kind which influence life and such.
I hadn't read this quote until you blogged about it, but I agree it is so profound! Our pride makes us think that we have to be able to do things on our own in order for God to be pleased with us... when in fact He just wants us to need him. Since we obviously do need Him, (for salvation, grace, purpose, etc.) He just wants us to admit it! I think it comes back to surrender. We have to surrender our pride and our control, admit we can't do life on our own, and rely on Him. That's perfection? Needing God? Whoa! SO different from what our society believes. It's so freeing though, to know I can't do it on my own, and to let God handle it. How awful it must be for those who go through life insisting on their own way and never trusting God or admitting their need for Him!
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