Quote of the Day - Carson

From volume one of D. A. Carson's book, The Love of God:

Pity the person whose self-identity and hope rest on transient things. Ten billion years into eternity, it will seem a little daft to puff yourself up over the car you now drive, the amount of money or education you have received, the number of books yoiu owned, the number of time you had your name in the headlines. Whether or not you have won an Academy Award will then prove less important than whether or not you have been true to your spouse. Whether or not you were a basketball star will be less significant than how much of your wealth you generously gave away. The one 'who does the will of God lives forever' [1 John 2:17]. (My emphasis)