Here we are again, meeting over some thought-provoking quotes that I’ve been copying in my Commonplace Book. May you find encouragement along the way.
If God has made your cup sweet,
Drink it with grace;
If He has made it bitter,
Drink it in communion with Him.
Oswald Chambers
God is good all the time. All the time, God is good. Drink it up.
If anything crosses your will,
see in it a chance to die.
Amy Carmichael
You can tell that these saints of old knew what it was to face affliction. May we follow in their train.
I walked a mile with Pleasure;
She chatted all the way;
But left me none the wiser
For all she had to say.
I walked a mile with Sorrow,
And ne’er a word said she;
But oh! The things I learned from her,
When Sorrow walked with me.
Robert Browning Hamilton
The book Hinds Feet on High Places by Hannah Hurnard is an old favorite of mine. The main character, Much-Afraid, is given two companions on her journey to the High Places, Sorrow and Suffering. She recoils from them and dreads taking their hands at first, but soon comes to appreciate their companionship. This little poem recalled that to my mind.
And to end on a lighter note, here’s a quote from John Adams that is all too apropos even all these years later:
In my many years I have come to a conclusion that
one useless man is a shame,
two is a law firm,
and three or more is a congress.
John Adams
Ha ha! That’s what you call a trenchant observation!
One useless post is a shame that should be deleted in the morning.
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