To forsake Christ for the world is to leave a treasure for a trifle, eternity for a moment, reality for a shadow, all things for nothing.
William Jenkyn
For he has made known to us in all wisdom and insight the mystery of his will, according to his purpose which he set forth in Christ as a plan for the fulness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.
Ephesians 1:9-10
The Revised Standard Version
If a person is standing with one foot in a bucket of ice and another foot in a fire, you could say- at least statistically- that on the average the person is very comfortable.
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