Quotes about Familiarity

Nothing will surprise us more than when we get to heaven and see the Father and realize how well we know Him and how familiar His face is to us.

Physical death is the final letting go that we all experience with loved ones and that we will ourselves experience one day. Dying now the way Jesus says to means letting go already of every comfort, familiarity, joy, and sorrow—and of the false sense of control those things give us. Letting go of these things is a dying process. Jesus sounds more like a mystic than an intellectual lining up correct thinking.

“Do you know Laban the grandson of Nahor?” Jacob asked. “We know him,” they replied.

And they took offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown and in his own household is a prophet without honor.”

Then Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his own household is a prophet without honor.”

Then He added, “Truly I tell you, no prophet is accepted in his hometown.

Now He Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.

Being continually in people?s sight, by the satiety which it creates, diminishes the reverence felt for great characters.

Constant exposure to dangers will breed contempt for them.

My whole family are in the entertainment industry. It is always something I was used to; I was quite lucky growing up. To all my friends, it was quite exciting, but to me it was quite normal.

Comfort and familiarity are not what God points us toward. Jesus isn't in the business of flying to and fro for the rest of our lives, hand-delivering spiritual baby food to us.

Comfort zones don't have to be comfortable--they're just familiar. It's where you feel like you belong. And, where you feel you belong is where you will stay.