It is good to sorrow over sin, and in our day when we are preoccupied with things of the world and find so little leisure for reflection, true sorrowing is perhaps rare. But we must also guard against the opposite danger and not allow the enormity of our sin to so overwhelm us that the small flame of our passion for God is quenched. In those cases, it is good to think of Jesus praying from the cross for those who proved faithless and abused him and stubbornly refused his love: “Father, forgive them.”
“Men may flee from the sunlight to dark and musty caves of the earth, but they cannot put out the sun. So men may…despise the grace of God, but they cannot extinguish it.” A.W. Tozer
“God never gave a believer a new heart that it should always lie a-bleeding, and that it should always be rent and torn in pieces with discouragements.” Thomas Brooks (1608-1680)
Timely message and I really like the quotes.
ReplyDeleteGood to hear from you, Stan. I have found the writings of Thomas Brooks and other Puritans to be rich with gems, though they require very close study.
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