"Someone once said that if you want to know if there are rats in your basement, you shouldn't walk down the steps slowly, making a lot of noise. Then you will look around and not see anything. If you want to know what is really down there, you have to surprise it by running and leaping down the steps quickly. Then you will see a bunch of little tails scurrying away. And so it is under stress, in real life experience, that the true nature of our hearts is revealed."

More Tim Keller. I am finding this so very, very true in my own life. What comes out of you when you're between a rock and a hard place is who you truly are. I pray the gospel works deep into our hearts so it affects everything we think, feel, and do.