The chapter starts with a quote by Tolstoy. At the end of the quote, Tolstoy said, “The degree to which we draw near this perfection cannot be seen; all we can see is the extent of our deviation” (Yancey 73). Those two lines stuck out to me than the other lines for some reason. In my interpretation of the quote Tolstoy said we cannot see if we are nearing Jesus in his perfection, yet we can see our own deviations from Jesus’ perfection. This quote reminded me that most people will always remember their failures more than their successes in their lives. People will probably remember all of the bad things they have done, the mistakes they have made, the lies they have said. Maybe if we recognize all the good things in our lives more, we can see ourselves being more like Jesus. …show more content…
That statement is absurd in my opinion. For example, if I am talking to someone, I will probably look at them, and if someone is talking to me, I will also look at them. It is considered rude to not look at the person you are talking to or the person talking to you. Let’s say I talk to ten people in one day. Did I just commit adultery ten times just because I talked and looked at those people? If I did not want to commit adultery, should I just rudely not look at the person that I am talking to? It just baffled me that anyone would think