" We simply can’t keep one foot in the fallen things of this world, whether it’s actions or thought patterns—and expect to live in the grace-filled embrace of Christ. Anything less than severing from the old life will allow it to continue beating the daylights out of us while we bemoan the injustice of it all because, for goodness’ sake, we’ve changed already! "

― Shellie Rushing Tomlinson , Devotions for the Hungry Heart: Chasing Jesus Six Days from Sunday