Quotable

"The world is broken and you and I are broken for the same reason:  sin.  Our sins fly under the banner of a Declaration of Independence from God.  They are acts of treason in which we disregard God and put other gods in his place. . .Ultimately, our displays of sin reveal the fact that although we say we love God, we love ourselves more.  We fail to uphold his glory because we want it for ourselves.  Our default mode is self-centeredness, not God-centeredness.  Our sins throw us out of tune, out of touch, and eventually out of joy and out of hope because we are not doing what we were created to do.  We're sad and disappointed, and our relationships are messy.  Our happiness, pleasure, and contentment are either artificial or short-lived or both.  And collectively we account for the brokenness of the world."

"Jesus hung on the cross where his body was broken so that our souls could be made whole.  Not only was his body broken for us, his relationship with the Father was broken as well.  Why?  So that our relationship with a holy God could be restored forever.  We are accepted, approved, and blessed by God on behalf of another - Jesus Christ, Son of God and Son of Man.  He's my Savior. He's my hope."

~Bob Bevington, Red Like Blood, p. 39