When our affections find rest in the preaching of Christ, we are divinely 'entertained' by the gospel. Our souls find grace upon grace. Our restless hearts will come again and rest in God. 

Surprisingly, my professor didn’t condemn me. As a matter of fact, he didn’t do much at all. He just sat there silently listening to me as I poured out my heart. 

In Luke chapter 18, Jesus tells a story of a spiritual girdle that we Christians wear far more often than we’d like to admit. This spiritual girdle, just like with Spanx, is one that we’d rather no one knew about.

“I’ve never had a better look at Jesus than when I’m lying flat on my back with the walls of my life burning down all around me.”