"there is unspeakable comfort - the sort of comfort that energizes, be it said, not enervates - in knowing that God is constantly taking knowledge of me in love and watching over me for my good. there is tremendous relief in knowing that his love to me is utterly realistic, based on every point on prior knowledge of the worst about me, so that no discovery now can disillusion him about me, in the way that i am often so disillusioned about myself, and quench His determination to bless me." - j.i.packer, knowing God