A Word to the Wise: Trevin Wax
Joy suffers whenever we are too big and God is too small.
The fuel of joy is gratitude, and the fuel of gratitude is wonder.
But wonder gets stifled by entitlement, and gratitude disappears when wonder dies.
We cannot be truly grateful for fleeting moments of happiness if we believe we deserve each and every one of them. We must see ourselves as graced before we can be grateful.
It is only when God is at the center of our existence, when He is big and we are small, when we see ourselves as ordinary people in a world of extraordinary marvels – only then do we discover the joy of gratitude.
Trevin Wax, 1.19.16, Maybe You’re Unhappy Because You’re Too Big and Bored
Joy suffers whenever we are too big and God is too small.
The fuel of joy is gratitude, and the fuel of gratitude is wonder.
But wonder gets stifled by entitlement, and gratitude disappears when wonder dies.
We cannot be truly grateful for fleeting moments of happiness if we believe we deserve each and every one of them. We must see ourselves as graced before we can be grateful.
It is only when God is at the center of our existence, when He is big and we are small, when we see ourselves as ordinary people in a world of extraordinary marvels – only then do we discover the joy of gratitude.
Trevin Wax, 1.19.16, Maybe You’re Unhappy Because You’re Too Big and Bored
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