From Bill Coffin, in Credo
The joy that is of God is not opposed to earthly pleasures. Rather it infuses them with a foundation of meaning.
Joy is the most important of Christian emotion. Duty calls only when gratitude fails to pompt.
( Another way of saying this might be: “Legalism will have reign over us if we are not living out of the abundance of God’s grace!” – BN)
Another from Coffin: We want God to be strong so we can be weak. But He wants us to be weak so we can be strong.
