“Comparisons are odious. Odious=disgusting, detestable. If you want to be a miserable mortal, then compare…God, our wise and creative Maker, has been pleased to make everyone different and no one perfect. The sooner we appreciate and accept that fact, the deeper we will appreciate and accept one another, just as our Designer planned us…”
(Charles Swindoll, “Seasons of Life”, pp. 281-282)
Sittser on Redemption
“Redemption promises to transform us…Once broken, we become whole again; once selfish and insecure, we become stately and serene and self-giving; once