Stirring and robbing your affection for Christ

I loved thinking about what I hold (or held) "ultimate" in my life that defined my view of what is "behind" humanity. I also liked meditating on what stirs my affection for Christ and what I know robs my affection for Christ. Here is my MINI list. What is your list?

Stirring: Big cities and how really beautiful and orderly they are, revelation about Christ's character through reading Piper and other authors, when things just happen to work together and I notice it, really sunny days, wide open spaces like out at my mom's house, leaning on God every day to not smoke (it works!), the grace my sister shows to me stirs my heart to thank Christ and realize that His grace and mercy is new every day. Lastly, flying in an airplane. Really makes me feel close to God, I talk to him and thank him over and over while staring at his beauty.

Robbing: being overly passionate about my job and neglecting my body and myself, smoking, big storms because they make me fearful which robs me of my trust in God who controls the storm, when I let my emotions make decisions for me, TV and mindless internet searching...to name a few.

What about you?