what are you looking for?

"In religion, as in war and everything else, comfort is the one thing you cannot get by looking for it. If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end: if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth - only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin with and, in the end, despair. Most of us have got over the pre-war wishful thinking about international politics. It is time we did the same about religion."

- C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

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a glass ceiling.

How do we go deeper in our relationships? This has been something on my mind these days in light of leading small group and hoping to encourage, challenge and most of all, love other people.

Nancy encouraged me to listen to this sermon, and it was fantastic. It's by Adam Thomason of The Village Church, and is titled "Our Greatest Idol". At the beginning of the message, he talks about how we cannot go deeper in our relationships with God and with each other because we use vague language and avoid facing the tough truths about ourselves and our sin. We hit a glass ceiling. Not for one second did I think that this somehow related to idolatry.

When I read the title I immediately thought, "duh, it's ourselves. What's new."

Well, I was right in thinking that it was going to be about how we are our own greatest idols, but I was wrong for thinking I wouldn't get anything out of it. I didn't realize how deep and how sneaky this idolatry can be. Sneaky sneaky.

I strongly encourage y'all to listen. I think we often fail to realize all the areas that our self-idolatry hits us and hinders us.