"The apex of all hope and happiness can be stated in four words: God is with us....
"The Bible is about the subject of intimacy with God. What does it look like? What are his purposes? He can and will meet you, and me, and those to whom we minister. God has not left us groping to understand his ways. He has not left us afloat in the ambiguous ecstasies and despairs of both experience and circumstance. He has revealed his ways. He has revealed himself. The living faith that listens to the living Word of the living God will experience the sort of living intimacy that gives foretastes of heaven."
~David Powlison, Take Heart