Written by Richard Foster, a contemporary author and speaker. This is an excerpt from his work “Letter to My Younger Self.”
You are trying too hard to be heroic in the spiritual life. Friendship with Jesus does not come by gritting your teeth but by falling in love. So, I would urge you to relax a bit, learn to be playful, and by all means, laugh a lot. And, on occasion, follow the wisdom of Psalm 150 and break out the lute and the harp, the tambourine and the pipe, the clanging cymbals and the loud clashing cymbals, and throw a party in the presence of the Lord.
Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. [Psalm 150:6]
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