“Instead of Thee I look to a man’s approbation, and am by nature an idolater.
Convince me that I cannot be my own God, or make myself happy,
nor my own Christ to restore my joy,
nor my own Spirit to teach, guide, rule me.
Take away my roving eye, curious ear, greedy appetite, lustful heart;
show me that none of these things can heal a wounded conscience,
or support a tottering frame,
or uphold a departing spirit.
Then take me to the cross and leave me there.”
-The Valley of Vision
“Man’s nature, so to speak, is a perpetual factory of idols” -John Calvin
The View From My Study 