Absence Makes the Heart Grow Callous

Drifting leads to a change in our heart. The less attention given to a person, the less affection will occur. The old adage, "Absence makes the heart grow fonder," is simply not true for our journey toward transformational discipleship. Absence, in fact, causes callousness.

--Eric Geiger, Michael Kelley, and Philip Nation, Transformational Discipleship: How People Really Grow (Nashville: B&H, 2012), 115.