I'd like to pass on a link. I just finished listen to an interview between Mark Dever and Carolyn McCulley. This is worth a careful listen, and I pray that I (and you too) might be the men and women that would love God more than we might love self.

http://www.9marks.org/audio/women-christianity-and-feminism/?utm_campaign=9MarksUpdate-20100801&utm_medium=email&utm_source=entirelist&utm_content=audiointerview

In my continued plod through a series of book called: The Essential Edwards Collection by Owen Strachan and Doug Sweeney, I ran across these thoughts.

“It is wise to rest and to pace oneself. Furthermore, it is humble to do so. Though it may not seem to be motivated by pride, overworking sometimes reveals a desire to control the world such that one cannot be happy unless all is in immediate order. Though it seems strange in a very busy age, resting can often glorify the Lord since it expresses humility and a recognition of God's sovereignty.” (Lover of God, 71)

“The glorious excellencies and beauty of God will be what will for ever entertain the minds of the saints, and the love of God will be their everlasting feast. The redeemed will indeed enjoy other things; they will enjoy the angels, and will enjoy one another; but that which they shall enjoy in the angels, or each other, or in any thing else whatsoever that will yield them delight and happiness, will be what shall be seen of God in them. (Works, 17, 208)”

“For Edwards, life is not about one's selfish interests and heaven is not about one's prefabricated paradise. Earthly life and heavenly life alike revolve around the greatness of God.”

From The Essential Edwards Collection: Lover of God, Owen Strachan and Doug Sweeney, Moody Press, p. 63-64.