Self-denial & Lent

Self-denial means knowing only Christ, and no longer oneself. It means seeing only Christ, who goes ahead of us, and no longer the path that is too difficult for us… . Self-denial is saying only: He goes ahead of us; hold fast to him. ― Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Author: Pastor Tim Olson

Husband, father, pastor, beggar, full-time saint, full-time sinner

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