A real Christian is an odd number, anyway.
He feels supreme love for One who he has never seen;
talks familiarly every day to Someone he cannot see;
expects to go to heaven on the virtue of Another;
empties himself in order to be full;
admits he is wrong so he can be declared right;
goes down in order to get up;
is strongest when he is weakest;
richest when he is poorest and happiest when he feels the worst.
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He dies so he can live;
forsakes in order to have;
gives away so he can keep;
sees the invisible,
hears the inaudible,
and knows that which passeth knowledge.
A.W. Tozer
See: \reference{Matt 10:39}{Matthew 10:39}; \reference{2 Cor 6:8- 10}{2 Corinthians 6:8-10}; \reference{2 Cor 12:10}{2 Corinthians 12:10}; \reference{Eph 3:19}{Ephesians 3:19}; \reference{1 Pet 1:8 }{1 Peter 1:8}