“Any mature, spiritually sensitive view of marriage must be built on the foundation of mature love rather than romanticism. But this immediately casts us into a countercultural pursuit.”
“Because we are more adult than actually mature, we tend to take our sins and baptize them, dressing them up as spiritual maturity.”
“Spiritual maturity is not reached by the passing of the years, but by obedience to the will of God. Some people mature into an understanding of God’s will more quickly than others because they obey more readily; they more readily sacrifice the life of nature to the will of God.”
“Love is a spiritual practice that matures us as we try and try again to leave behind our isolation, expose our vulnerabilities, and make commitments to care truly for one another.”
“I’m older today than yesterday, and therefore I must be more mature.”
“Cynicism is no more mature than naïveté. You're no more mature, just more burned.”