I have just finished a book called Life With God by Richard Foster. The subtitle is Reading the Bible for Spiritual Transformation. So that’s what it’s about…reading the Bible. It also ties in to the spiritual disciplines we so need to develop in our lives. I love Mr. Foster’s heart as he shares it in this book. I will be sharing some excerpts from the book.
“Freedom comes not from the absence of restraint but from the presence of discipline. Only the disciplined gymnast if free to score a perfect ten on the parallel bars.
Only the disciplined violinist is free to play Paganini’s ‘Caprices.’
This, of course, is true in all of life, but it is never more true than in the spiritual life. When we are on the spot, when we find ourselves in the midst of the crisis, it is too late. Training in the Spiritual Disciplines is the God-ordained means for forming and transforming the human personality so that in the emergency we can be ‘response-able’—able to respond appropriately.”
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