” [The] glory of God [does not] consist merely in the creature’s perceiving his perfections: for the creature may perceive the power and wisdom of God, and yet take no delight in it, but abhor it. Those creatures that do so, don’t glorify God. Nor doth the glory of God consist especially in speaking of his perfections: for words avail not any otherwise than as they express the sentiment of the mind. This glory of God, therefore [consists] in the creature’s admiring and rejoicing [and] exulting in the manifestation of his beauty and excellency….The essence of glorifying…God consists, therefore, in the creature’s rejoicing in God’s manifestations of his beauty, which is the joy and happiness we speak of. So we see it comes to this at last: that the end of the creation is that God may communicate happiness to the creature; for if God created the world that he may be glorified in the creature, he created it that they might rejoice in his glory: for we have shown that they are the same.” -Jonathan Edwards
He forgot to add:
Never start with “Once upon a time/mattress/etc.”
Never end with “The End.”
Never allow your books on the Kindle, where people can obsess over what % of the book they’ve read, rather than paying attention to your writing.
Haha! Dad, that’s hilarious about the Kindle…touche!