everything

"that june morning was when jesus plus nothing equals everything--the gospel--became for me more than a theological passion, more than a cognitive catch-phrase. it became my functional lifeline. Rediscovering the gospel enabled me to see that:

because Jesus was strong for me, I was free to be weak

because Jesus won for me, I was free to lose

because Jesus was someone, I was free to be no one

because Jesus was extraordinary, I was free to be ordinary

because Jesus succeeded for me, I was free to fail."

- Tullian Tchividjian