Working at Transformation

"Here we can finally sort out our initial thoughts on sloth. We are right to think of sloth as resistance to effort - but not only, or even primarily in the sense of being physically lazy or lazy about our work. Rather, it is resistance to the discipline and transformation demanded by our new identity as God's beloved children, created and redeemed to be like him. The slothful like the comforting thought of being saved by love, of being God's own, but balk at facing the discomfort of transformation - the slow putting to death of the old sinful nature - and the discipline it takes to sustain that transforming relationship of love over the long haul." - from Glittering Vices by Rebecca DeYoung