Mark Batterson, In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day: How to Survive and Thrive When Opportunity Roars
15 quotes
"Embrace relational uncertainty. It's called romance. Embrace spiritual uncertainty. It's called mystery. Embrace occupational uncertainty. It's called destiny. Embrace emotional uncertainty. It's called joy. Embrace intellectual uncertainty. It's called revelation."
"Self-consciousness isn't just A curse. It is part of THE curse."
"Society's goal is to make us less foolish. From the cradle to grave the pressure is on: "Be normal!" Our inner fool may be shackled and caged by a world made to suppress it, but Jesus came to free the fool."
"What sets lion chasers apart isn’t the outcome. It’s the courage to chase God-sized dreams."
"God is in the business of strategically positioning us in the right place at the right time. A sense of destiny is our birthright as followers of Christ. God is awfully good at getting us where He wants us to go. But here’s the catch: The right place often seems like the wrong place, and the right time often seems like the wrong time."
"God is great not just because nothing is too big for Him. God is great because nothing is too small for Him, either."
"To the infinite, all finites are equal."
"Half of learning is learning. The other half of learning is unlearning."
"Dr. Neal Roese makes a fascinating distinction between two types of regret: regrets of action and regrets of inaction."
"God is great not just because nothing is too big for Him. God is great but because nothing is too small for Him either."
"Even choosing to do nothing is still making a choice."
"God is in the résumé-building business. He is always using past experiences to prepare us for future opportunities."
"The author gives an interesting naval etymology of the word "opportunity". It referred to days in which sailing ships had to wait outside a port for the appropriate tide, which then was their chance until the next tide."
"Worship is forgetting about what's wrong with you and remembering what's right with God."
"Faith is unlearning this senseless worries and misguided beliefs that keep us captive. It is far more complex than simply modifying behavior. Faith is rewiring the human brain. We are literally upgrading our minds by downloading the mind of Christ."
"The genealogy of blessing always traces back to God-ordained risk."
"Nine times out of 10, criticism is a defense mechanism. We criticize in others what we don't like in ourselves."
"Most God-ordained dreams die because we are not willing to do something that seems illogical"
"Ryan-chasers have a life wish. They live life to the fullest because they are willing to look foolish."