Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Spiritual Maturity

Dallas Willard wrote, "One of the sure signs of spiritual maturity is that certain thoughts no longer occur to you."

He goes on to give the example of a recovering alcoholic on his first day of sobriety is thinking thoughts of pride, "I am going without...." Twenty years of sobriety later, however, those thoughts are gone and he is free to think about more important, deeper, and more joyful thoughts about life because he is no longer consumed with simply being free of the addiction.

What thoughts need to no longer occur to me?

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