From Taste and See

John Piper has a book out called "Taste and See, Savoring the Supremacy of God." The book is a collection of meditations. I have been using the book lately to begin my day and think about a facet of the beauty of God. The other day I read one that was brilliant. The entry was a list of resolutions that a professor of Piper's shared with his students a long time ago. Here is a sample from the list that struck me::

I shall not fall into the falsehood that this day, or any day, is merely another ambigous and plodding 24 hours, but rather a unique event, filled, if I so wish, with worthy potentialties. I shall not be fool enough to suppose that trouble and pain are wholly evil parentheses in my existence, but just as likely ladders to be climbed toward moral and spiritual manhood.

In light of talking about spiritual warfare and the battle that is raging I thought this was entirely appropriate. Let me know what you think