A great read, recommended and given to me by my father-in-law. Anyone who knows me has probably heard me refer to Francis Schaeffer’s “True Spirituality” as one of the most influentially practical books that I’ve read. “The Rest of the Gospel” by Dan Stone and David Gregory is quickly matching these sentiments.
In discussing our emotional state, I found their example of comparing us to swing to be very helpful, though not entirely original. I’m sure we’re all aware of swinging back and forth on a constant basis between opposite extremes of emotion and thinking.
Their originality and truth comes when they say that attempting to nail the swing to the “good” side of it’s path to prevent it from swaying back is where we make our great blunder. I quickly forget that we were created to be swings, and to try and force one way or another in our own strength leads to frustration and isn’t helpful in building faith.
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