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Where do problems begin, and why? I am persuaded that they are conceived and born in the sinful belief, embedded deeply within, that something or someone other than Jesus Christ can quench the thirst of our souls. Each of us by nature is determined to make life work without Christ. We are committed to independence at any cost … The Lord Jesus Christ has invited us to feast to our everlasting fill and to drink of water that will forever quench our spiritually parched souls. But we persist in eating fast food and slaking our thirst at the shallow wells of a fallen world. Our sinful flesh refuses to feed on Christ, leaving us painfully empty and ever more determined to find satisfaction somewhere or in someone else.

— C. Samuel Storms, To Love Mercy