One (more) Thing

I first heard of Sam Storms and heard him speak at the 2003 Desiring God National Conference.  His message was titled Joy’s Eternal Increase: Edwards on the Beauty of Heaven, and is available to listen, watch or download here.  In fact, all the messages from that conference and other conferences are available for free online – just look around when you’re there and drink deeply from that well.  I have listened to Storms’ message many times since then and I have always found it to be an encouragement as he has helped me to think more clearly about heaven and what it will be like.  I encourage you to check it out…you won’t be disappointed! 

Most of the content from that message is in the final chapter of his book, One Thing, which I wrote about in my previous post.  The book is good, worth reading, and has the potential to be used by God to rearrange your life priorities and desires.  And it’s only $10.39 at Amazon, which makes the potential rate of return on that small amount of cash one of the best investments you could ever make.  To further whet your appetite, here are two more quotes from the book.

One Thing

I’ve finally decided to finish reading One Thing: Developing a Passion for the Beauty of God  by Sam Storms.  It’s been sitting on my shelf since 2004.  I read several chapters this afternoon, one of which, “Galactic Grandeur,” blew me away with the awesomeness of God as Storms described the universe from the point-of-view of an astronomer.  Listening to him describe all the varieties of stars, galaxies, nebulae, super-novas, etc., and how BIG they are, and how many of them there are, and the fact that we (humans) still haven’t seen the extent of the universe even with the Hubble telescope, left me in utter AWE of God and how much bigger he is than this universe he created and is sustaining every moment.