Thinking Outside Ourselves

"I think this is the way most of our life should be. Periodic self-examination is needed and wise and Biblical. But for the most part mental health is the use of the mind ot focus on worthy reality outside ourselves." --John Piper

I think this quote from the article on William Cowper is such a good reminder. Piper said that when researching in order to write this biography, he became so enthralled and consumed with the life of another, he basically forgot about himself. This abandonment of self is something that we all need a large dose of. To forget about ourselves and become emersed in a "worthy reality outside ourselves" would greatly affect our worship. We all too often get easily consumed with our own self-consciousness and feelings and emotions that we lose what our true intentions should be. To become focused on Christ and the Gospel, though most often pushed aside or even forgotten, is that worthy reality and our worship.