I think the things we want most in life, the things we think will set us free, are not the things we need. - Donald Miller

All great characters in stories are the ones who give their lives to something bigger than themselves. And in all of the stories I don't find anyone more noble than Jesus.

What was more frustrating than the loss of exhilaration was the return of my struggles with sin. I had become a Christian, so why did I still struggle with lust, greed, and envy? Why did I want to get drunk at parties or cheat on tests?

It occurs to me it is not so much the aim of the devil to lure me with evil as it is to preoccupy me with the meaningless.