procrastination...

From Calvin's Institutes

“Therefore, however fitting it may be for man seriously to turn his eyes to contemplate God’s works, since he has been placed in this most glorious theater to be a spectator of them, it is fitting that he prick up his ears to the Word, the better to profit.” -72

“They do not therefore apprehend God as he offers himself, but imagine him as they have fashioned him in their own presumption. When this gulf opens, in whatever direction they move their feet, they cannot but plunge headlong into ruin….for they are worshiping not God but a figment and a dream of their own heart.” -48

“Certain philosophers, accordingly, long ago not ineptly called man a microcosm because he is a rare example of God’s power, goodness, and wisdom, and contains within himself enough miracles to occupy our minds, if only we are not irked at paying attention to them.” -54

“Consequently, we know the most perfect way of seeking God, and the most suitable order, is not for us to attempt with bold curiosity to penetrate to the investigation of his essence, which we ought more to adore than meticulously to search out, but for us to contemplate him in his works whereby he renders himself near and familiar to us, and in some manner communicates himself.” -62

“For with regard to the most beautiful structure and order of the universe, how many of us are there who, when we lift up our eyes to the heaven or cast them about through the various regions of the earth, recall our minds to a remembrance of the Creator, and do not rather, disregarding their Author, sit idly in contemplation of his works?” -63

“For unless you first of all grasp what your relationship to God is, and the nature of his judgment concerning you, you have neither a foundation on which to establish your salvation nor one on which to build piety toward God.” -726

“We compare faith to a kind of vessel; for unless we come empty and with the mouth of our soul open to seek Christ’s grace, we are not capable of receiving Christ.” -733

“Therefore since God justifies us by the intercession of Christ, he absolves us not by the conformation of out own innocence but by the imputation of righteousness, so that we who are not righteous in ourselves may be reckoned as such in Christ.” -728

I am supposed to be writing a digest that proves that I have comprehended the whole assigned text, but instead I want to ponder the little texts and look at apartment therapy.