Self-forgetfulness

Self-forgetfulness in the presence of greatness is the capstone of joy. -John Piper

After a morning like today, it's not difficult to concede that being able to excuse myself into forgetfulness is a good thing.

This morning, I yelled at my dad.

I h.a.t.e. yelling at my dad.

When you do what you hate to do but do it any way, it's not difficult to desire self-forgetfulness. It's funny. I read Romans 7:15-20 this morning. After reading it, I specifically wondered, "I've been freed from addictions and strongholds that bound me before. What is it that I hate to do but do now?" Then I got up without another thought to get ready for work. Little did I know that God would answer the question for me just moments later during breakfast in a conversation with my earthly father.

But God doesn't just release me from myself. He releases and blesses me. He imparts worth and value to me by letting me be released through His magnificent, jaw-dropping, time-halting, powerful beauty which is found in His presence through a relationship with Him.

How amazing that my release is His glory? That His glory is my freedom!