Am I as spontaneously kind to God as I used to be, or am I only expecting God to be kind to me? Am I full of the little things that cheer His heart over me, or am I whimpering because things are going hardly with me? There is no joy in the soul that has forgotten what God prizes.
The Golden Book of Oswald Chambers: My Utmost for His Highest; Selections for the Year (ed. 1935)