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The soul seeks God with its whole being. Because it is desperate to be whole, the soul is God-smitten and God-crazy and God-obsessed. My mind may be obsessed with idols my will may be enslaved to habits my body may be consumed with appetites. But my soul will never find rest until it rests in God.

John Ortberg

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John Ortberg
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 5
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