Currently Pondering:

"There are those who in their very first seeking of it are nearer to the Kingdom of Heaven than many who have for years believed themselves of it. In the former there is more the mind of Jesus, and when He calls them they recognize Him at once and go after Him; while the others examine Him from head to food, and finding Him not sufficiently like the Jesus of their conception, turn their backs and go to church or chapel or chamber to kneel before a vague form mingled of tradition and fancy." - George MacDonald