Joy and affliction come from God

Psalm 90:15a:

Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us…

And they [...]

God’s greatest glory and my greatest happiness are the same thing

I’m currently (slowly) reading God’s Passion for His Glory: Living the Vision of Jonathan Edwards by John Piper.  This book presents Jonathan Edwards’ (and Piper’s) vision for the centrality of the glory of God in all of life with a special focus on Edwards’ The End For Which God Created the World.  Piper discusses Edwards’ thesis [...]