As Clay in the Potter’s Hands
The soul is never in a better frame, than when . . . it can put itself as a blank in Jesus’ hand, for him to stamp on it just what he pleases.
George Whitefield (1714 – 1770)
HT: @whitefieldg
Did You Break the Rules or God’s Heart?
Legalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”
HT: challies.com
Prayer Is the Work, Not Just the Preparation
Prayer does not equip us for greater works. Prayer is the greater work.
HT: @byronpaulus
The Story Miracles Tell
Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story written across the whole world in letters too large for some to see.
HT: @CSLCHSnMore
The Hardness of Difficulty
We are too prone to engrave our trials in marble and write our blessings in sand.
All Is Well
Do Not Make God into Your Own Image or Imagination!
If it is I who determine where God is to be found, then I shall always find a God who corresponds to me in some way, who is obliging, who is connected with my own nature. But if God determines where He is to be found, then it will be in a place which is not immediately pleasing to my nature and which is not at all congenial to me. This place is the Cross of Christ. And whoever would find Him must go to the foot of the Cross, as the Sermon on the Mount commands. This is not according to our nature at all, it is entirely contrary to it. But this is the message of the Bible, not only in the New but also in the Old Testament.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) in Eric Metaxas, Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy, p. 137.
Thanks, the Highest Form of Thought
I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.
HT: @danielhill1336
Life Is Worship 